1-1 of 1 results for subject:"Public sector"
Librarians' tools
- Search time
- 0.177 seconds
- Solr query time
- 0.002 seconds
- Search query
- subject:"Public sector"
- We searched for
- subject_t:"Public sector" OR subject_t:"Public services" OR subject_ses:92681
Type
House
Session
Month
Department
Member
Primary member
More
Bellingham, Lord (1)
Answering member
Legislative stage
Legislation
Subject
Publisher
Further to the Minister's statement yesterday on small businesses, does he agree that a consensus is emerging that the public sector could make a real difference to small and medium-sized enterprises if the entire public sector paid its invoices on time? Will the Minister confirm that central Government, local government, quangos and agencies will all pay SMEs' invoices within 10 days?
Further to the Minister's statement yesterday on small businesses, does he agree that a consensus is emerging that the public sector could make a real difference to small and medium-sized enterprises if the entire public sector paid its invoices on time? Will the Minister confirm that central Government, local government, quangos and agencies will all pay SMEs' invoices within 10 days?
Asked by
Lord Bellingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
23 October 2008
The Government's commitment to make payments within 10 days is an important one and we already monitor that through Department annual plans. The majority of Government payments are made within 10 days, but we want to do better. The regional development agencies, which each spend £750 million a year, have also committed to pay within 10 days. We are spending public money, and in matters of the public purse we need to ensure that we do so in a proper way. We must make sure that invoices are correct and that goods and services of the right quality have been delivered. Once those assurances have been provided, we need to get cracking and ensure that we pay promptly. That is important for small businesses facing cash flow problems. We are doing all we can to deliver that through the Government system.
Subjects
Accountancy; Public sector; Procurement; Standards; Small businesses
Date
23 October 2008
Reference
481 c445-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons