§ Mr. BettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of bills to his Department for the financial year 1995 to 1996 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. [21201]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows:
Percentage Departmental headquarters 89 Benefits agency 98 Contributions agency 96 Child support agency 91 War pensions agency 98 Information technology services agency 99 Resettlements agency 92 Departmental total 96 1. It is not possible to disaggregate the information between payments which were subject to contractual agreements and those which were not.
2. The figure for the Resettlement Agency relates to the period April to October 1995.
3. Figures for departmental headquarters includes payments made by the Independent Tribunal Service in the period to December 1995 which cannot be separately identified.