§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what were the results of her Department's review of the first quarter of 1996 into measures to facilitate access to appropriate areas of Government procurement in the light of best practice. [27514]
§ Mr. Sproat[holding answer 1 May 1996]: My Department and its two agencies will shortly commence a monitoring exercise to establish both the number of small and medium businesses invited to tender, and their success rate. If found necessary, this information will allow us to identify measures we can take to ensure that small and medium businesses can fully compete, where appropriate, with large companies.