Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of trade union access requirements planned for the national procurement plan on the ability of small business to compete for and win government and local authority contracts.

The new National Procurement Policy Statement will set out a mission-led procurement regime which meets the challenge of applying the full potential of public procurement to deliver value for money, economic growth and social value. We are consulting on the policy statement, including on how we encourage and support SMEs bidding for contracts. Vital work on this is now underway with stakeholders, including small businesses and representative organisations in the development of the new NPPS.