A question on #SmallBusinesses #Shropshire tabled by Mark Pritchard on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Georgia Gould.

Heading: Small Businesses: Shropshire
Question ID: 1806168
UIN: 54707
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 1576
Asking Member display name: Mark Pritchard
Asking Member handle: MPritchardMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MPritchardMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve opportunities in public procurement for SMEs in (a) the defence sector and (b) other sectors in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
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Date answered: 2025-06-09
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 5305
Answering Member display name: Georgia Gould
Answering Member handle: georgia_gould
Answering Member Twitter reference: @georgia_gould
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Answer text: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) make a vital contribution to economic growth and are a valuable source of technical innovation in defence. This is recognised in the Defence Industrial Strategy Statement of Intent, as well as the Ministry of Defence's ...
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Answering body ID: 53
Answering body name: Cabinet Office
Tweeted: true