§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many orders and firms are represented by the 8 per cent. of invoices not paid by his Department within 30 days or in accordance with contractual agreements in 1994–95; and how many of these are related to firms with fewer than 500 employees. [939]
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 22 November 1995]: The number of invoices not paid by my Department within 30 days or in accordance with contractual agreements in 1994–95 was approximately 46,400 out of a total of 580,000 valid invoices. Information on the number of individual purchase orders and firms to which these invoices related is not available except at disproportionate cost.