Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of public procurement contracts her Department awarded through framework agreements in each year since 2010.

The proportion of public procurement contracts awarded by the Home Office, through framework agreements has been as follows: 9.09% in 2010, 18.18% in 2011, 17.14% in 2012, 12.73% in 2013, 15.38% in 2014, 18.85% in 2015 and 31.8% in 2016.