Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of public procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) former constituent Departments awarded through framework agreements in each year since 2010.

This information is only held for contracts that have been awarded through our shared service provider.

For the years we have records, the proportion of contracts awarded through framework agreements is as follows:

FY 2015-16 38%

FY 2016-17 56%

YTD 2017-18 74%