Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many bids on average were received for each contract put out to tender by his Department and its previous constituent Departments in each year since 2010.
We do not record this information.
Information on the number of bids which were on average received for each contract put out to tender by this Department and its previous constituent Departments in each year since 2010 could only be provided at disproportionate cost.