Philip Hollobone
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(5 years, 7 months ago)
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Oliver Dowden
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to remind the House of that commitment. I announced in November that we will be bringing that policy into practice from September this year. The policy will mean that companies will face being excluded from Government contracts if they fail to pay their suppliers on time in two consecutive quarters.
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
Which Government Departments have the best record in paying their suppliers on time, and which have the worst?
Oliver Dowden
I can tell my hon. Friend that the latest data shows that 10 of the 16 Government Departments were meeting the target of paying 90% of suppliers within five days, and 10 were also meeting the target of at least 96% of invoices within the 30-day target, so there is a good record overall.