Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 18859

Small Businesses: Procurement

Tabled: 14 July 2026

Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Gordon McKee

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking with the Cabinet Office to help innovative scale-up businesses navigate public procurement processes and secure opportunities to supply the public sector.

Answer

Blair McDougall

The Department for Business and Trade is working closely with the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (including the Commercial Innovation Hub) to improve public procurement of innovation. Through the Indu...

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