Question follow-through · 1064
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to help SMEs access new Government procurement opportunities.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 2 Aug 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to help SMEs access new Government procurement opportunities.
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Aug 2024
Answer published
The Procurement Act 2023 introduces a range of reforms to make it easier for SMEs to access public sector supply-chains, and we will be ensuring that the powers in the Act are utilised to support the new government’s priorities. A new duty will require co...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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