Esther McVey: DBT: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Department for Business and Trade: Contracts

Thursday 6th March 2025

Asked by: Esther McVey (Conservative - Tatton)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of public contracts awarded by his Department since 5 July 2024 have been awarded to (a) British SMEs and (b) companies based abroad.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The Department of Business and Trade has awarded and published 167 contracts over £10,000 ex VAT since 5 July 2024; 44 of which were to UK based SMEs, and 22 to companies based abroad.