Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to improve the transparency of public procurement rules for small and medium-sized enterprises.

This Government knows that small and medium sized businesses are the backbone of the British economy.

The Procurement Bill we are introducing will bring four regimes into one and enable simpler, more flexible public procurement processes.

The single central digital platform, with open contracting data standards and efficient ‘tell us once’ register of suppliers, will deliver a step-change in transparency, including for SMEs bidding for public contracts.