Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the guidance entitled Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, how many suppliers were allocated contracts by his Department as a result of complying with (a) one and (b) more than one of the mitigating circumstances after failing the tax compliance questions.

None of the Department for International Trade’s suppliers have failed to meet the tax compliance criteria in the Procurement Policy Note 03/14.