§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on procurement from small and medium enterprises in 1995–96. [27526]
§ Mr. Sproat[holding answer 1 May 1996]: Neither my Department nor its agencies kept a specific record of a suppliers' size during 1995–96. The information could therefore be obtained only by incurring disproportionate 624W cost. My Department will keep a record of information relating to the size of the companies that it deals with in future.