| Heading: |
Procurement: Small Businesses |
| Question ID: |
1815634 |
| UIN: |
61933 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5035 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Will Stone
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Will Stone
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adjusting the cycle of procurement for SMEs so that Government contracts are issued throughout the year. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts are issued throughout the year and not just at a specific time of the year. The Acquisition pipeline for the MOD was being published twice per year and indicated the anticipated date for publication of the tenders a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |