Departmental Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. (307967)

The following table shows the volume of invoices received by the Scotland Office and the percentage of invoices paid within 10 days. Figures prior to November 2008 are not available.

Month	Volume	Percentage paid within 10 days
2008
November	218	89.4
December	220	96.8

2009
January	190	100
February	211	99.5
March	306	99.7
April	211	99.1
May	220	98.6
June	289	97.9
July	255	100
August	164	98.8
September	229	98.7
October	252	100
November	253	100

Volume 503: debated on Monday 11 January 2010