HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 c792W
Mr. Betts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of bills to his Department for the financial year 1995 to 96 were paid(a) in accordance with agreed contractual conditions and (b) within 30 days of receiving goods and services or the presentation of a valid invoice where no contractual conditions applied. [21213]

Mrs. Angela Knight

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade on 18 July 1996, (columns613–14).