Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of public procurement placed with small and medium-sized businesses in (i) Oxford city, (ii) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (iii) Oxfordshire in each of the last five years.

In 2014-15, Central Government spent over £12 billion (27.1%) with small and medium sized businesses, which shows a continued year on year increase in SMEs winning public procurements; and we are committed to increasing spend with them through public procurement.

Information on all public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally.