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date	08/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the proportion of defence spending that goes to small firms.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	33001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a crucial engine for growth and innovation in this country. In 2014-15, the MOD spent almost £4 billion both directly and indirectly with SMEs, equating to around 19.4 per cent of our procurement spend.</p><p>We are taking steps to increase the proportion of defence spending with smaller companies and have committed to ensuring that 25 per cent of our procurement spend, both direct and indirect, is with SMEs by 2020. To help achieve this challenging goal, the MOD last month refreshed its SME policy, reflecting three core objectives:</p><ul><li>Engaging throughout the supply chain, not just with direct contractors;</li><li>Reducing bureaucracy associated with procurement; and</li><li>Making engagement more simple and straightforward.</li></ul><p>The refreshed SME policy can be found on gov.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-policy-for-small-and-medium-enterprises.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/04/2016 16:10:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

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date	23/03/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Switzerland: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department has sought from the Swiss government on best practice in concluding a trade deal with (a) Japan, (b) China and (c) other non-EU states.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	32248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not sought advice from the Swiss government on these matters.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/04/2016 12:45:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith