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Small Businesses: Conditions of Employment and Procurement

Commons · Question 39258 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2025

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the (a) updated National Procurement Policy Statement and (b) Employment Rights Bill on the capacity of small and medium enterprises

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 26 Mar 2025

The National Procurement Policy Statement supports Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSEs), giving them greater opportunities to win public contracts by instructing contracting authorities to maximi...