Business: Billing Jenny Willott To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses have signed up to the Prompt Payment Code in each month since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement. Ian Lucas The following table is taken from data produced by the Institute of Credit Management (ICM). It shows the number of businesses that have signed up since the code was introduced and it is based on the date when the business applied to join. A full list of all signatories is provided on the ICM website and can be viewed via the following link: http://212.36.97.5/ppc/signatory.a4d?uid=634062674 --------------------------------------------------------- |Month |Number of business applying to join code| --------------------------------------------------------- |December 2008 |2 | --------------------------------------------------------- |January 2009 |23 | --------------------------------------------------------- |February 2009 |62 | --------------------------------------------------------- |March 2009 |34 | --------------------------------------------------------- |April 2009 |14 | --------------------------------------------------------- |May 2009 |15 | --------------------------------------------------------- |June 2009 |26 | --------------------------------------------------------- |July 2009 |20 | --------------------------------------------------------- |August 2009 |17 | --------------------------------------------------------- |September 2009|19 | --------------------------------------------------------- |October 2009 |45 | --------------------------------------------------------- |November 2009 |31 | ---------------------------------------------------------