§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which Government Departments have signed up to the Confederation of British Industry's prompt payment code and on what dates; and if he will make a statement. [26615]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe following Government Departments and agencies have signed up to the CBI prompt payment code to date:
- Agricultural Development Advisory Service
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Cabinet Office
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- Central Office of Information
- Charity Commission
- Chessington Computer Centre
- Civil Service College
- Civil Service Occupational Health and Safety Agency
- HM Customs and Excise
- Defence Bills Agency (Ministry of Defence)
- Department for Education and Employment
- Department of the Environment
- Department of Health
- Department of National Heritage
- Department of Social Security
- Department of Trade and Industry
- Employment Service
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Government Actuary's Department
- Government Property Lawyers
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- Health and Safety Executive
- Home Office
- Inland Revenue
- HM Land Registry
- Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- NHS Executive
- National Investment and Loans Office
- Department of National Savings
- Office of Electricity Regulation
- Office of Fair Trading
- Office of Gas Supply
- Paymaster Agency
- Office of Telecommunications
- Overseas Development Administration
- Property Advisers to the Civil Estate
- HM Prison Service
- Privy Council Office
- Recruitment and Assessment Services
- Royal Mint
- Scottish Office
- Security Facilities Executive
- Serious Fraud Office
- HM Treasury
- Treasury Solicitor's Department
- United Kingdom Passport Agency
- Welsh Office
The dates on which Departments signed up to the code are not held centrally.