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1123737

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	29/04/2019
	date tabled	29/04/2019
	ddp created	29/04/2019 20:35:07
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	30/04/2019 15:05:04 10/05/2019 13:14:04
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15375
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/05/2019 12:42:02
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which companies have been suspended or removed from the Prompt Payment Code; and what action has been taken (1) to prevent those companies from bidding for Government contracts, and (2) to ensure that those companies improve their performance on Government contracts already in place.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15375
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15375
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Chartered Institute of Credit Management operate the Prompt Payment Code., The Code’s Compliance Board suspended the following companies from the Prompt Payment Code:</p><p> </p><p>The following companies were suspended from the Prompt Payment Code:</p><ul><li>Atos IT Services UK Services Limited</li><li>Balfour Beatty Plc</li><li>British Sugar UK</li><li>Costain Limited</li><li>Engie Services Limited Group</li><li>Interserve Construction</li><li>Kellogg Brown &amp; Root Limited</li><li>Laing O’Rourke</li><li>Persimmon Homes Limited</li><li>Rolls-Royce Plc</li><li>SSE</li><li>Vodafone Limited</li></ul><p> </p><p>The following companies were removed from the Prompt Payment Code:</p><p> </p><ul><li>BHP Billiton Plc</li><li>DHL Services Limited</li><li>GKN Automotive Limited</li><li>John Sisk &amp; Son Limited</li><li>R. Twining and Company Limited</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is important to all suppliers, not least small businesses, that they are paid on time.</p>
	creator	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1126299

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 19:52:11
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 19:55:14 20/05/2019 16:37:06
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15659
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/05/2019 16:05:42
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 10 May (HL15375), what action, if any, they plan to take to penalise those companies who do not comply with the Prompt Payment Code; and whether this will include removing those companies from all Government tenders until such companies have demonstrated compliance.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15659
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15659
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Prompt Payment Code is a voluntary Code administered by the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) on behalf of Government. Signatories to the Code sign up to pay 95% of invoices in 60 days, with an ambition to move toward 30-day payment terms. Signatories who do meet the standard are invited to submit a plan to CICM setting out clearly how they will improve their performance. Those who submit a satisfactory plan and subsequently demonstrate compliance are suspended from the Code and can be reinstated in the future. Those who do not engage with CICM, and fail to submit a plan, will be removed.</p><p>Starting in September this year, suppliers could be excluded from winning Government contracts if they fail to pay subcontractors on time. Under the new rules, suppliers who bid for government contracts above £5m per annum, who cannot show they are paying 95% of invoices within 60 days, risk being prevented from securing government contracts. We have contacted all suppliers reminding them of this initiative and their responsibilities on prompt payment.</p><p> </p>
	creator	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1131470

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/06/2019
	date	11/06/2019
	date tabled	11/06/2019
	ddp created	11/06/2019 20:28:15
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/06/2019 20:36:15 25/06/2019 13:36:03
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16264
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/06/2019 13:04:09
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to Creating a responsible payment culture: a call for evidence on tackling late payment, which closed 29 November 2018; and why it has not yet been published when Cabinet Office Government Consultation Principles state that responses to consultations should be published within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16264
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16264
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Creating a Responsible Payment Culture Call for Evidence received nearly 300 responses from a wide range of businesses, trade associations and individuals. This is the highest number of responses to a public consultation on this issue.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that have given those representations the consideration they deserve and use them to inform the action we will take on this important issue.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Response will be published shortly.</p>
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1134255

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/06/2019
	date	24/06/2019
	date tabled	24/06/2019
	ddp created	24/06/2019 19:52:32
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	24/06/2019 20:00:32 02/07/2019 14:41:04
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	268619
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/07/2019 14:10:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the Prompt Payment Code compulsory for large businesses.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 268619
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	268619
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In the recent Government Response to the Creating a Responsible Payment Culture Call for Evidence we announced that responsibility for the voluntary Prompt Payment Code (the ‘Code’) is to move to the Small Business Commissioner and that the Code will be reformed, following engagement with existing Code signatories.</p><p> </p><p>Turning a voluntary code into a compulsory code would be further legislation respect of payment terms. UK legislation already establishes maximum 30-day payment terms for transactions with public authorities and 60-day payment terms between businesses, unless they agree longer terms and those terms are not grossly unfair to the supplier.</p><p> </p><p>Government has worked closely with trade bodies and businesses to develop this. Mike Cherry, FSB National Chairman, said of the recent announcement: “Small businesses will be delighted with today’s announcement” and “the measures today could finally see an end to poor payment practice. Changing our business culture will boost the small business community, productivity and growth.”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood
	creator	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1134256

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/06/2019
	date	24/06/2019
	date tabled	24/06/2019
	ddp created	24/06/2019 19:52:35
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	24/06/2019 20:00:35 02/07/2019 14:41:01
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	268620
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/07/2019 14:10:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the maximum payment terms of the Prompt Payment Code from 60 days to 30 days.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 268620
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	268620
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Prompt Payment Code (‘the Code’) encourages businesses to aim for 30-day payment terms as the norm, with 60 days as the maximum. Signatories commit to paying 95% of invoices within 60 days, unless there are exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>In the recent Government Response to the Creating a Responsible Payment Culture Call for Evidence we announced that responsibility for the Code is to move to the Small Business Commissioner and that the Code will be reformed, following engagement with existing Code signatories. We are also keen to increase the number of businesses signed up to the Code.</p><p> </p><p>UK legislation already establishes maximum 30-day payment terms for transactions with public authorities and 60-day payment terms between businesses, unless they agree longer terms and those terms are not grossly unfair to the supplier.</p><p> </p><p>Government has worked closely with trade bodies and businesses to develop this. Mike Cherry, FSB National Chairman, said of the recent announcement: “Small businesses will be delighted with today’s announcement” and “the measures today could finally see an end to poor payment practice. Changing our business culture will boost the small business community, productivity and growth.”</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood
	creator	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1134258

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/06/2019
	date	24/06/2019
	date tabled	24/06/2019
	ddp created	24/06/2019 19:52:40
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	24/06/2019 20:00:40 02/07/2019 14:42:06
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	268622
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/07/2019 14:10:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what evidence base the Government used in reaching the decision to provide a £1 million business fund for the use of technology to help reduce late payments.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 268622
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	268622
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>A £9 million Business Basics Programme was announced in the Industrial Strategy, to test innovative ways of encouraging SMEs to take up the proven technology and business practices that can boost productivity. I announced in the recent Government Response to the Call for Evidence on Creating a Responsible Payment Culture that, as part of that Programme, we will launch a Business Basics fund competition up to £1 million. This will provide funding to trial how to get businesses to take up proven technology and business practices, including a focus on payment technology.</p><p> </p><p>Government has worked closely with trade bodies and businesses to develop this. Mike Cherry, FSB National Chairman, said of the recent announcement: “Small businesses will be delighted with today’s announcement” and “the measures today could finally see an end to poor payment practice. Changing our business culture will boost the small business community, productivity and growth.”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood
	creator	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1134259

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/06/2019
	date	24/06/2019
	date tabled	24/06/2019
	ddp created	24/06/2019 19:52:44
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	24/06/2019 20:00:42 02/07/2019 14:42:04
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	268623
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/07/2019 14:10:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the £1 million technology fund for businesses on the issue of late payments.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 268623
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	268623
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Technology adoption can boost productivity in the UK. The £9 million Business Basics Programme was announced in the Industrial Strategy, to test innovative ways of encouraging SMEs to take up the proven technology and business practices that can boost productivity.</p><p> </p><p>Government believes there is also a role for the Commissioner to run a campaign to promote technological solutions to SMEs to reduce late payment, improve cash flow and encourage better credit management. This fits with the Commissioner’s role in offering advice and guidance on payment matters to SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>It is envisaged that this combined approach will improve awareness of the use of technology and begin to make inroads to improve administrative processes that underpin business operations such as streamlining invoicing, payment and credit management, ultimately making payment practices more efficient and businesses more productive.</p><p> </p><p>Government has worked closely with trade bodies and businesses to develop this. Mike Cherry, FSB National Chairman, said of the recent announcement: “Small businesses will be delighted with today’s announcement” and “the measures today could finally see an end to poor payment practice. Changing our business culture will boost the small business community, productivity and growth.”</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood
	creator	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1134260

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/06/2019
	date	24/06/2019
	date tabled	24/06/2019
	ddp created	24/06/2019 19:52:47
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	24/06/2019 20:00:45 02/07/2019 14:42:01
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	268624
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/07/2019 14:11:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page seven of the Government's response to the paper entitled, Creating a responsible payment culture: a call for evidence on tackling late payment, what the evidential basis is for the statement there was no real consensus, either with regard to the extent of the issue itself or what the best solution to the problem is.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 268624
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	268624
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We received 283 responses and respondents expressed a wide range of views in relation to payment practices and experiences. From the wide-ranging evidence provided it is clear there is no ‘magic bullet’ solution. That is why are taking action with a broad package of policy measures to tackle late payments and continue to change culture.</p><p> </p><p>Government has worked closely with trade bodies and businesses to develop this. Mike Cherry, FSB National Chairman, said of the recent announcement: “Small businesses will be delighted with today’s announcement” and “the measures today could finally see an end to poor payment practice. Changing our business culture will boost the small business community, productivity and growth.”</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood
	creator	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1135414

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/07/2019
	date	27/06/2019
	date tabled	27/06/2019
	ddp created	27/06/2019 19:16:58
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	27/06/2019 19:25:19 03/07/2019 17:07:01
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16735
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/07/2019 16:35:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what mechanisms are, or will be, in place to enforce their proposed new powers for the Small Business Commissioner to tackle late payments through fines, announced on 19 June.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16735
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16735
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We will be consulting on the provision of new powers, given the Commissioner’s powers are underpinned by Primary Legislation. Following the consultation, we will consider representations made to Government carefully – any new powers will require further work post-consultation on the best way to implement.</p>
	creator	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville written parliamentary question 1135414 1135415
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4285

1135415

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/07/2019
	date	27/06/2019
	date tabled	27/06/2019
	ddp created	27/06/2019 19:16:59
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	27/06/2019 19:25:21 03/07/2019 17:08:01
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16736
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/07/2019 16:36:44
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how companies which are too small to have boards will be held accountable for supply chain payment practices under the proposed new powers for the Small Business Commissioner, announced on 19 June.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16736
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16736
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Under current legislation the Commissioner can consider complaints about payment issues, including payment issues within the supply chain, between small businesses (with fewer than 50 staff) and their larger private sector customers (with more than 50 staff), and make non-binding recommendations.</p><p>We must first consult on the provision of any new powers, given the Commissioner’s powers are underpinned by Primary Legislation. Following the consultation, we will consider representations made to Government carefully – any new powers will require further work post-consultation on the best way to implement.</p>
	creator	4285
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4285