HC Deb 14 December 1995 vol 268 c752W
Mr. Betts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [5704]

Mr. Hanley

Both wings of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are committed to the Confederation of British Industry prompt payment code, which requires all invoices to be paid within the agreed credit period or within 30 days of receipt where no credit period has been agreed. The following table shows the percentage of invoices paid on time by the diplomatic wing, the Overseas Development Administration and the executive agencies Wilton Park and the Natural Resources Institute.

DW ODA WP NRI
1994–95 92 87 95 96
1995–961 92 91 100 93
1April-November.