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Departmental Billing

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. (278830)

The figures for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) are as follows:

Invoices paid within 10 days

Number

Percentage

November 2008

3,517

70.2

December 2008

2,693

76.3

January 2009

3,797

73.2

February 2009

3,068

83.1

March 2009

5,585

84.8

April 2009

4,080

78.6

May 2009

2,879

79.6

This information was not collected before November 2008.

The FCO is aware of the importance of paying suppliers promptly, and makes every effort to pay invoices as quickly as possible.