Defence: Procurement
(asked on 20th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 19 October to Question 51435, if he will provide a definition of (a) direct and (b) indirect procurement spend to SMEs.
This question was answered on 27th October 2022
Direct spend is made up of payments made directly to SME suppliers by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Indirect spend is estimated through an annual survey of the department's larger suppliers covering their spend with SMEs that stems from UK MOD contracts.