27% |
| £4.9bn |
| Unknown |
proportion of the government's reported procurement spending that reached small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2014-15 (Cabinet Office estimate) |
| government's reported procurement spending directly with SMEs in 2014-15 |
| number of SMEs working on government contracts |
25% | aspiration for government's level of procurement spending to reach SMEs by 2015 |
8 of 17 | number of central government departments that reported exceeding the government's aspiration in 2014-15 |
19% | proportion of the Ministry of Defence's procurement spending that reached SMEs in 2014-15 (the Ministry of Defence is currently responsible for 44% of government's procurement spending) |
33% | government's target for the level of procurement spending to reach SMEs by 2020 |
4 | the number of different methods government has used to estimate its spending with SMEs in the last five years |
60% | proportion of government's spending with SMEs that was via another, larger, contractor to SMEs in their supply chains (indirect spending) |