House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

SMEs: Public Contracts

Thursday 16 July 2020 · 2 questions

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Key points

Ministerial Questions took place on 2020-07-16 regarding SMEs and public contracts.
The government spent 14.2 billion with SMEs last year, an increase of nearly 2 billion from the previous year.
Over 3 billion items of PPE have been contracted through UK-based manufacturers alone.

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Q1 Henry Smith Con Crawley

Business & Trade

Context

Last year, £14.2 billion was spent with SMEs, nearly £2 billion more than the previous year.

Question

The measures taken to ensure SMEs are awarded public procurement contracts and ease the procurement process by simplifying pre-qualification questionnaires.

Answer from Amanda Milling

We have spent £14.2 billion with SMEs last year, nearly £2 billion more than the previous year. We introduced measures to ease procurement and simplify pre-qualification questionnaires for SMEs.

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Q2 Henry Smith Con Crawley

Business & Trade

Context

An SME in Henry Smith's constituency has redeployed to manufacture PPE but faces challenges securing public contracts.

Question

Support for SMEs who have redeployed to meet national effort during coronavirus, especially when competing with more expensive international suppliers.