Defence: Small Businesses
(asked on 22nd April 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has an agreed target spend with SMEs.
This question was answered on 27th April 2026
The Ministry of Defence has set an ambitious target to increase direct and indirect spending by 50% compared to FY 23/24 baseline. This increase in total spend would equate to £2.5 billion total spend increase with Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to £7.5 billion by May 2028.