Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 19 March 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of contracts issued by (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which he is responsible were awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in the latest period for which figures are available.
The value of contracts awarded to small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) is as follows:
(a) For the Department of Energy and Climate Change:
£1.4 million was spent with SMEs from
(b) For DECC’ s non- departmental public bodies:
As with DECC, the following data represents the percentage of payments made to SMEs between
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority—16% (£3.8 million)
Civil Nuclear Police Authority—Data not available
Coal Authority(1)—22% (£4.6 million)
Committee on Climate Change—97% (£ value not supplied)
(1) This is an estimated percentage based on the minimum amounts that could have been spent with SMEs. It is possible that the figure could be higher.
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