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<p>Contracts Finder originally went live in 2011 as a Business Link service. It was replatformed as a GOV.UK service in 2015. Data from 2011 - 2014 has been archived and cannot be interrogated to answer these questions.</p><p>Contracts Awarded to SMEs:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total awards</p></td><td><p>Awarded to SMEs</p></td><td><p>% awarded to SMEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12,414</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>2.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>18,747</p></td><td><p>1,828</p></td><td><p>9.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>24,237</p></td><td><p>3,922</p></td><td><p>16.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>29,187</p></td><td><p>9,290</p></td><td><p>31.83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>33,217</p></td><td><p>11,510</p></td><td><p>34.65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>31,398</p></td><td><p>11,980</p></td><td><p>38.16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>48,292</p></td><td><p>17,752</p></td><td><p>36.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>53,851</p></td><td><p>20,899</p></td><td><p>38.81%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Registered businesses:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All Business</p></td><td><p>SME</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>14,604</p></td><td><p>2,767</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,068</p></td><td><p>484</p></td><td><p>45.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>10,194</p></td><td><p>4,722</p></td><td><p>46.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>8,682</p></td><td><p>3,827</p></td><td><p>44.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>7,704</p></td><td><p>3,313</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>9,559</p></td><td><p>3,599</p></td><td><p>37.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>9,084</p></td><td><p>2,687</p></td><td><p>29.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>7,851</p></td><td><p>2,067</p></td><td><p>26.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Procurement Bill, currently passing through Parliament, will create a simpler and more transparent procurement regime that will further open up public procurement to SMEs. The Bill includes a new duty on contracting authorities to have regard to the particular barriers facing SMEs.</p>
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