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Written Question
Government Departments: Technology
Wednesday 12th September 2018

Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

What estimate he has made of the proportion of public procurement spending on digital and technology services placed with small and medium-sized enterprises in each of the last three years.

Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The Government’s Digital Marketplace has opened up opportunities for almost 5,000 small and medium businesses.

In August, we announced that over £4 billion has been spent through the Marketplace since 2012, and almost half of that - £1.9 billion - has gone to smaller businesses.

And between 2015-16 and 2017-18, spending with SMEs has almost doubled.