Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Michael Tomlinson Excerpts
Wednesday 21st October 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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Until the end of the year 2014-15, the amount spent on the Chilcot inquiry was £10,375,000. We have said that budget is available to make sure that this inquiry can be brought to a swift conclusion.

Michael Tomlinson Portrait Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (Con)
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T2. What steps is the Minister taking to improve access for our small and medium-sized enterprises to Government procurement, not least for our businesses in Mid Dorset and North Poole, such as Cobham in Wimborne and Tradewind in Wareham?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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My hon. Friend makes an important point, which is that a huge contribution can be made to Government procurement by small businesses. In the previous Parliament we hit our target of a quarter of Government procurement going to small business, and in this Parliament we have a new goal that a third of Government business should go to small and medium-sized enterprises.