§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Minister for the Civil Service what arrangements there are in his Department to ensure that the Government's policy towards small firms is furthered through the procurement policy of his Department so that small businesses receive a proportion of all purchasing contracts issued by his Department; and what proportion he expects this will be in 1982–83.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe work of the Management and Personnel Office is such that most of the Department's purchasing requirements are for office technology and other office equipment. In both these areas the equipment is purchased on the advice of and through Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency.