Small Businesses: Shropshire
Commons · Question 54707 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve opportunities in public procurement for SMEs in (a) the defence sector and (b) other sectors in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 9 Jun 2025
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) make a vital contribution to economic growth and are a valuable source of technical innovation in defence. This is recognised in the Defence Industrial Strategy Statement of Intent, as well as the Ministry of Defence's ...