Question follow-through · 113979
Procurement: Small Businesses
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of barriers to entry on UK small and medium-sized enterprises in competitive public procurement processes.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of barriers to entry on UK small and medium-sized enterprises in competitive public procurement processes.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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12 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government is determined to ensure the £400 billion of public money spent on public procurement annually delivers economic growth and supports British businesses, especially SMEs. The Procurement Act (PA23) sets, for the first time, a duty for contrac...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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