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Departmental Billing

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of invoices her Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. (278821)

Data on the number and proportion of invoices paid within 10 days have been recorded since November 2008. The percentage and number of invoices paid by the Department for Work and Pensions within 10 days of receipt in each of the last seven months is shown in the following table.

Percentage of all invoices paid within 10 days

Number of invoices paid within 10 days

November 2008

70

44,457

December 2008

64

45,505

January 2009

73

43,915

February 2009

86

58,281

March 2009

92

61,768

April 2009

94

46,657

May 2009

96

48,367