UK Border Agency: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of invoices (a) the UK Border Agency and its predecessor organisations and (b) the Identity and Passport Service paid (i) within 10 days, (ii) within 30 days and (iii) more than 30 days from the date of receipt, broken down by invoice size. (228674)

[holding answer 27 October 2008]: The overall position for UK Border Agency and Identity and Passport Service is set out in the following table.

*Percentage of invoices paid in time scale*
	(a) UK Border Agency¹	(b) Identity and Passport Service²
(i) Within 10 days	14.49	35
(ii) Within 30 days	66.98	63
(iii) Over 30 days	18.57	2
¹ Total invoices paid on Adelphi from 1 February 2008 until 30 September 2008 for UKBA cost centres. ² IPS processed invoices 2007-08 year.

Identity and Passport Service is unable to provide detail broken down by invoice size, UK Border Agency figures on this basis are given in the following table.

*(a) UK Border Agency*
Percentage
Invoice size	(i) Within 10 days	(ii) Within 30 days	(iii) Over 30 days
0-10,000 range	13.19	68.01	18.80
10,000-20,000 range	16.00	64.50	19.51
20,000-50,000 range	18.80	61.68	19.53
50,000-100,000 range	32.15	53.66	14.18
100,000+ range	41.61	48.68	9.71
All	14.49	66.93	18.57
Note: Of the UK Border Agency invoices paid over 30 days: 25 per cent. of the volume of invoices paid over 30 days relates to seven suppliers. 50 per cent. of the value of invoices paid over 30 days relates to nine invoices, paid to six suppliers.

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008