Small and Medium Businesses

HC Deb 01 May 1996 vol 276 c557W

Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on procurement from small and medium enterprises in 1995–96. [27525]

Sir John Wheeler

Within the Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland Departments, the information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.