Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.

On 25 February the Government published on GOV.UK departmental spend data with SMEs, directly and through the supply chain, for 2013-4:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014

This data shows that for 2013-14, 26.1% of government business went to SMEs, exceeding our aspiration of 25%.