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Defence: Small Businesses

Commons · Question 109787 · Tabled 30 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 5 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to support SMEs based in the UK to bid for defence contracts.

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 5 Feb 2026

This Government has already committed to spending £2.5 billion more with defence SMEs. Central to driving this pledge is the recent establishment of the new Office for Small Business Growth which will help simplify and speed up cumbersome processes, provi...