PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Transport: Billing (29 November 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of payments by his Department to small businesses are made on time and in accordance with the prompt payment code.
Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
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 Transport paid 93.9% of such invoices within 5 days, and 99.3% within 30 days.
The Department has published its overall payment performance data at:
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:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
7 December 2016
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