§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many firms with fewer than(a) 100, (b) 50, (c) 20 and (d) 10 employees were used by his Department in each of the last five years. [29433]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 20 May 1996]: It is not possible to give this information as the Treasury does not distinguish between its suppliers on the basis of their number of employees. The Department's aim is to award contracts which offer the best value for money irrespective of the suppliers' size.