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Government Departments: Procurement |
| Question ID: |
1787604 |
| UIN: |
40588 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4742 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Stuart Anderson
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| Asking Member handle: |
_AndersonStuart
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@_AndersonStuart
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that Government procurement focuses on SMEs in local economies. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-31 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5305 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Georgia Gould
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| Answering Member handle: |
georgia_gould
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@georgia_gould
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| Answer text: |
The Procurement Act has introduced a number of reforms to make it easier for small businesses to access public sector supply-chains and removing unnecessary burdens and costs, including:a new duty on contracting authorities to have regard to their partici... |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |