Jim McMahon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-02-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the figures on central government spend with small and medium-sized enterprises, published on 5 December 2015, how much of the £12.1 billion was spent in 2014-15 with businesses located in the OL1, OL2, OL3, OL4, OL8, OL9 and M35 postcode areas.

Matthew Hancock

The Crown Commercial Service only collects regional spend data for direct spend with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), so the following figures, which are taken from the Governments Spend Analytical tool, Bravo, do not incorporate spend through the supply chain.

Direct spend with SMEs of £205,978,657.91 was reported in 2014-15 for the North West of England.

During the same period, the following amounts were reported as going to small businesses in the requested locations:

OL1 – £2,706,290.86

OL2 – £18,611.30

OL3 – £54,984.10

OL4 – £66,325.40

OL8 – £83,737.93

OL9 – £566,399.25

M35 – £76,074.91