Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 14280

Public Sector: Procurement

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 1 July 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the administrative impact of enhanced national security screening requirements on small and medium-sized enterprises bidding for public contracts.

Answer

Chris Ward
This Government believes that it matters where things are made and who makes them.The Government has recently published new guidance on using national security exemptions within the Procurement Act 2023 for four initial pathfinder sectors: steel, shipbuil...

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