Mr Maude
By looking at the Contracts Finder website, which is the main source of Government contracts over £100,000. That is the place where they should look, and I hope that they will, but since February 2011, when we announced our new approach, about a third of new contracts have already been awarded to SMEs.
[Official Report, 13 June 2012, Vol. 546, c. 308.]
Letter of correction from Francis Maude:
An error has been identified in the oral answer given on 13 June 2012 to the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Jason McCartney).
The correct answer should have been:
Mr Maude
By looking at the Contracts Finder website, which is the main source of Government contracts over £10,000. That is the place where they should look, and I hope that they will, but since February 2011, when we announced our new approach, about a third of new contracts have already been awarded to SMEs.