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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for International Development: Billing (29 November 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of payments by her Department to small businesses are made on time and in accordance with the prompt payment code.

Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

Central Government Departments aim to pay 80% of undisputed and valid invoices within 5 days, with the remainder paid within 30 days.

In 2015-16 the Department for International Development paid 81.01% of such invoices within 5 days, and 99.44% within 30 days.

We have published our overall payment performance data at www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-payment-performance-2015/dfid-payment-performance-2015-quarterly

To support prompt payment further, since June 2015 all central Government departments have been required to accept unstructured e-invoices - invoices which can be sent in by email. We are also working towards greater use of structured e-invoices - these are invoices that can be processed automatically thereby reducing payment times and errors.


Answered by:
Lord Wharton of Yarm (Conservative)
6 December 2016

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