§ Mr. BettsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of bills to his Department were paid in accordance with agreed contractual conditions or, where no such contractual conditions existed, within 30 days of receiving goods and services or the presentation of a valid invoice in the last year for which figures are available. [5702]
§ Mr. HowardThe latest available figure is 92 per cent. as published in the Home Office annual report 1995.