Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contractors commissioned to undertake work for NHS Property Services have had to wait more than (a) one, (b) three and (c) six months to be paid in each of the last three years.
Information relating to contractors undertaken to work for NHS Property Services Ltd can be found in the table below.
Within payment terms | Up to 1 month | 1 to 3 months | 3 to 6 months | More than 6 months | Total | ||
2013 | Number of Invoices | 9,443 | 677 | 217 | 31 | 5 | 10,373 |
% | 91.03% | 6.53% | 2.09% | 0.30% | 0.05% | 100.00% | |
2014 | Number of Invoices | 11,095 | 1,086 | 648 | 200 | 57 | 13,086 |
% | 84.79% | 8.30% | 4.95% | 1.53% | 0.44% | 100.00% | |
2015 | Number of Invoices | 2,517 | 412 | 345 | 108 | 17 | 3,399 |
% | 74.05% | 12.12% | 10.15% | 3.18% | 0.50% | 100.00% |