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Departmental Procurement

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department's policy is on requesting discounts from its suppliers in return for swift payment of invoices. (220438)

The Department does not have a specific policy on requesting discounts from its suppliers in return for swift payment. However the majority of goods and services are purchased through the OGC “Catalist” frameworks, where discounted rates are already secured as a result of the volume of Government spending activity.