To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much each of his Department’s non-departmental public bodies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years. (282336)

The Department does not hold information regarding payments made to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1988 by the Department’s non-departmental public bodies (NDPB). Each NDPB is required to publish such payments in their independent annual accounts.