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.