HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 c743W
Mr. Betts

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of bills to his Department for the financial year 1995 to 1996 were paid(a) in accordance with agreed contractual conditions and (b) within 30 days receiving goods and services or the presentation of a valid invoice where no contractual conditions applied. [21198]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade on 18 July 1996,Official Report, columns 613–14. Any additional information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.