NHS: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of invoices were paid on time in each year since 1997 by (a) NHS trusts, (b) primary care trusts, (c) ambulance trusts, (d) strategic health authorities, (e) other NHS organisations and (f) the NHS. (164615)

The information requested is provided in the following table:

*Invoices Paid within the Better Payment Practice Code Target*
Percentage
	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Strategic health authorities	84	85	84	86	84	80	82	85	87	82
Primary care trusts	n/a	n/a	n/a	82	82	83	85	85	84	83
National health service trusts	79	81	84	84	84	82	83	83	77	78
Ambulance trusts	n/a	n/a	86	89	87	88	88	85	86	82
All NHS	79	81	84	85	84	82	84	83	79	80

Volume 467: debated on Monday 19 November 2007