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Department for Education: Contracts

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 22 July 2025UIN 67636

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of departmental procurement contracts were awarded to British companies in the last financial year.

Answered by Janet Daby

The department’s procurement and contract management system only collects information related to company head office addresses rather than the ‘nationality’ of a company.

Details of central government contracts above £12,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder, which can be accessed at: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.

Contracts procured under the Procurement Act 2023 above £12,000 including VAT are published on the Central Digital Platform Find a Tender service. This includes a note of the winning supplier. The service can be found here: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search.

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