Departmental Billing

Mr. Philip Hammond
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr. Sutcliffe
Interest payments to suppliers in respect of late payment of invoices are not centrally or separately recorded on the Department's or The Royal Parks' accounting systems and can only be identified at disproportionate cost.