Policy paper

DfE: small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) action plan

How DfE is procuring and working with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 12 July 2019
• Last updated: 24 November 2022 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Small and medium-sized enterprises action plan

PDF, 1.3 MB, 18 pages

Details

DfE’s SME action plan covers:

• how we procure and support SMEs
• the progress made so far
• how we will further improve SME engagement

Published 12 July 2019
Last updated 24 November 2022 + show all updates

1. 24 November 2022

   Updated with the SME action plan for 2022 to 2025.

2. 25 October 2022

   'Details' section updated including removal of the line 'The government aims to spend 33% of their third-party budget with SMEs by March 2022' as this is now out of date.

3. 16 November 2021

   Updated SME action plan to include more up to date data.

4. 17 February 2021

   Updated the Small and medium-sized enterprises action plan.

5. 12 July 2019

   First published.