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<p>The methodology used to calculate Government Departments’ spend with SMEs changed
with effect from financial year (FY) 2013-14 to include sub-contracted spend. Since
then the Cabinet Office has published all Departments’ direct and indirect spend with
SMEs annually on the gov.uk website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fcentral-government-spend-with-smes&data=05%7C02%7CDefComrclSSM-Mailbox%40mod.gov.uk%7Cf6d9a9a3255449afea3408dc636698c3%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C638494539496570454%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ycveoiDBrEjfFDiCXIYIXlhA01Pk1Tp2h951K1UPM58%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/central-government-spend-with-smes</a></p><p>
</p><p>Data from 2010-2013, which only covers direct spend that the MOD had with SMEs,
is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Spend with SMEs </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of MOD spending</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£0.69
billion</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£1 billion</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1
billion</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
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