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Defence: Small Businesses

Asked by Steve BarclayConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 124580

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which key performance indicators he will use to judge the success of his Department's SME Commercial Pathway.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The Pathway will be a contributor to the primary measure of success, which is achieving the Ministry of Defence’s target of spending £7.5 billion annually with SMEs, both directly and through the supply-chain, by 2028. The Department is exploring a wider range of indicators to measure the success of our policies in attracting new and smaller suppliers into the defence supply-base, including for example the speed of our procurement and the value of inward investment.

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