Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office spent the following percentage of its UK spend directly and through the supply chain with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs):

2013/14: (i) Direct: 21% (ii) Indirect (through the supply chain): 8%

We are unable to answer this question in its current format for our Arms Length Bodies without incurring disproportionate cost.