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Q1
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Last year, £14.2 billion was spent with SMEs, nearly £2 billion more than the previous year.
The measures taken to ensure SMEs are awarded public procurement contracts and ease the procurement process by simplifying pre-qualification questionnaires.
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
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An SME in Henry Smith's constituency has redeployed to manufacture PPE but faces challenges securing public contracts.
Support for SMEs who have redeployed to meet national effort during coronavirus, especially when competing with more expensive international suppliers.
We received an extraordinary response from people offering PPE and UK manufacturers wanting to make equipment from scratch. We have contracted over 3 billion items of PPE through UK-based manufacturers alone, although further offers are not needed at the moment.
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