Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts her Department has awarded to (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) mid-sized businesses in each year since 2010.

Since 2011, DFID has recorded the amount of small and medium-sized enterprises in centrally managed contracts. We do not categorise suppliers by ‘mid-sized business’.

The department awarded the following amount of centrally managed contracts with SME’s during the periods 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 (up until end of September).