Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 122714

Defence: Small Businesses

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 1 April 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of procurement rules on bank lending to SME companies involved in defence.

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Government is committed to making SMEs a national priority, ensuring they have a fair opportunity to win public contracts and setting ambitious SME spend targets. As set out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, the MOD is backing British Jobs, British ...
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