Asked by: Aidan Burley (Conservative - Cannock Chase)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of women in Cannock Chase constituency were in work in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Aidan Burley (Conservative - Cannock Chase)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many firms in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire have been awarded Government procurement contracts in the last four years.
Answered by Nick Hurd
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Livingston on 16 December 2013 (Official Report) Column Ref: 453W.
Asked by: Aidan Burley (Conservative - Cannock Chase)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made in enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to tender for Government procurement contracts.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Central government’s direct SME spend increased from £3 billion in 2009-10 (6.5%) to £4.5 billion (10.5%) in 2012-13. In addition, figures provided by major government suppliers indicate that SMEs have benefited from a further £4 billion (9.4%) in indirect spend through the supply chain for 2012 to 2013.
Building on central government reforms to make its business more accessible to small and medium sized businesses, the Government published in Small Business Great Ambition, the next steps in taking forward Lord Young’s recommendations to create an SME-friendly ‘single market’ for public procurement.