Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many suppliers her Department excluded from procurement on the grounds of (a) fraud, (b) corruption and (c) other grounds under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 from 2015 to 2022.

In response we confirm that the Department for Business and Trade has not excluded suppliers from procurement on the grounds of either a) fraud or b) corruption.

In response to c) other grounds under the Public Contract Regulations 2015, some suppliers have been excluded for technical reasons but we do not hold a central record of these so are unable to confirm the quantity.