Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

The information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. The directorates of the Department of Energy and Climate Change carry out their own purchasing with professional support from a procurement team.

Contracts of the Department are published on the Cabinet Office Website which can be found at www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk.

The Department would be able to provide further information by narrowing the scope, if specific procurement projects were identified.

The following table from the Departments financial records show the total spend with 20 suppliers of the highest value. This value can be made up of one or many contracts between April 2013 and February 2014.