Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.

All government departments publish payment performance quarterly showing the percentage of invoices paid in 5 days, the percentage of invoices paid in 30 days, and net debt interest liability.

This is available on GOV.UK. HM Treasury Group’s published data is available at: HM Treasury Group Payment Performance Publication_Data.xlsx