Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much central government expenditure on small and medium-sized enterprises in 2014-15 was spent in the North West.

The Crown Commercial Service only collects regional spend data for direct spend with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), so the following figures, which are taken from the Governments Spend Analytical tool, Bravo, do not incorporate spend through the supply chain.

Direct spend with SMEs of £205,978,657.91 was reported in 2014-15 for the North West of England.

During the same period, the following amounts were reported as going to small businesses in the requested locations:

OL1 - £2,706,290.86

OL2 - £18,611.30

OL3 - £54,984.10

OL4 - £66,325.40

OL8 - £83,737.93

OL9 - £566,399.25

M35 - £76,074.91