§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the instances in which his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies failed to pay valid invoices within 30 days or after the agreed credit period in the financial year 2000–01. [32039]
§ Ruth KellyThe bodies the Chancellor is responsible for have paid the following percentages of invoices within 30 days or within contractual arrangements.
HM Treasury 99.09 per cent.; National Investment and Loans Office 100 per cent.; Department of National Savings 99.6 per cent.; Inland Revenue 98.65 per cent.; HM Customs and Excise 97.36 per cent.; and Royal Mint 95 per cent.
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