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 spent by the Government placed with small and medium-sized firms in Wales in each of the last three 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 public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.

Responsibility for public procurement in Wales has been devolved to the Welsh Government.