§ Brian Cotter:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claims for statutory interest payments have been submitted to private companies under the terms of the Late Payment of Debt Act 1998; how many claims were met; and what the total value was of such payments in each year since the Act has been in operation. [141594]
§ Ruth Kelly:The Treasury has not made any claims to private companies for statutory interest payments under the 1998 Act.