Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) construction, and (2) maintenance, contracts issued by departments since 1 January 2018 have used cash retentions; what was the total value of these retentions; how many of these retention monies have been released; and how long on average it took to release these monies.

Information is not collected on the use of cash retentions in construction and maintenance contracts for Central Government.