Procurement
(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of his Department's procurement expenditure was awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) direct procurement and (b) indirect procurement spend in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013; and what the projected proportion is for (A) 2014, (B) 2015 and (C) 2016.
The information requested is best provided in the following table:
% of Total DWP spend with SME's | |||
Year | Direct SME Spend | Indirect SME Spend | Total SME Spend |
2010/11 | 14.99% | 1.95% | 16.94% |
2011/12* | 11.11% | 5.90% | 17.01% |
2012/13** | 7.10% | 8.90% | 16.00% |
2013/14 | 4.20% | 11.28% | 15.48% |
% figures have been rounded to 2 decimal places
Targets for % Total spend with SME's | |
Year | Spend |
2014/15 | 16% |
2015/16 | 18.5% |
2016/17 | 21% |
With around 78% of the department's contract expenditure due to be re-tendered in the next 4 years, the Department will undertake a number of activities designed to encourage SME's to engage with our procurement exercises.