Through the Public Contract Regulations 2015, all public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain. Public sector buyers must also publish annually on their payment performance.<\/p>
<\/p>
Government strongly encourages businesses to report poor payment practice and instances of late payment, including late payment through the supply chain, in public sector contracts to its Mystery Shopper service. Mystery Shopper will then investigate.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-19T13:45:41.363Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Treasury: Billing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of contracts issued by his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "189573"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/999313", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/999313/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Treasury does not hold this data in a way that would allow us to extract the information requested from existing accounting records or central searchable databases. Therefore to locate, retrieve and extract this data would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-12T17:47:54.763Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Treasury: Brexit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "186208"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/994203", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/994203/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
While we remain confident that we will secure a positive and mutually beneficial deal with the EU, there remain a number of border-related projects that have to be delivered in the unlikely event of no deal being agreed. Some of these projects were initiated before the UK decided to leave and so are not exclusively EU exit related.<\/p>
<\/p>
The information requested is not held centrally, however, the 12 border-related projects listed in the NAO report are all at different stages of development with a number part of wider programmes. As such, it would not be possible to attach a single overarching cost at this time.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3935", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mel Stride"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Central Devon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mel Stride"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-01T17:31:52.783Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Borders: ICT"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost will be of developing the 12 critical IT systems required at the border after the UK has left the EU.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "183263"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/972439", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/972439/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
As at 31st<\/sup> July 2018 there were 14 (headcount) staff at HM Treasury classified as contingent labour.<\/p>"}
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}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"}
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]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Treasury: Temporary Employment"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department are classified as contingent labour.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "173975"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/942592", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/942592/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The services provided cover training, project management, consultancy and accountancy.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-07-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-07-24T16:37:57.553Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-07-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Treasury: Accountancy"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2018 to Question 161102, what services have been provided to his Department by the Big Four accountancy firms over the last twelve months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "164290"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/935015", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/935015/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Treasury has spent the following amounts in the last 12 months (to 30 June 2018):<\/p> <\/p> Ernst & Young £42,221<\/p> KPMG £129,354<\/p> PWC £1,107,037<\/p> Deloitte £2,767,561<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-07-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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]}
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, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-07-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Treasury: Accountancy"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent with the Big Four accountancy firms in the last twelve months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "161102"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924016", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924016/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " In the last 12 months there have been three occasions on which HM Treasury was unable, for reasons of commercial and market sensitivity, to provide Parliament with 14 days\u2019 notice of the contingent liabilities being taken on.<\/p> <\/p> On 5 September 2017 the Houses were notified that an existing contingent liability in respect of the Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility had been extended on 3 August 2017 when Parliament was in recess. Although the PAC and TSC chairs were notified by letter on 3 August 2017 as the Houses were not sitting, the Houses would not in any case have been given advance notice for reasons of market sensitivity. Details are provided in HCWS108 and HLWS110.<\/p> <\/p> On 20 November 2017 the same contingent liability in respect of the Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility was extended further and Parliament was notified on this day. Advance notice was not given for reasons of market sensitivity. Details are provided in HCWS261 and HLWS260.<\/p> <\/p> On 26 April 2018 a contingent liability was taken on following the sale of Bradford and Bingley loans. Advance notification to the Houses was not given for reasons of commercial sensitivity. Details are provided in HCWS649 and HLWS628.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Elizabeth Truss"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-06-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-06-20T13:55:09.083Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Treasury: Liability"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department has been unable to notify Parliament of the particulars of a liability and thus fulfil the required 14 days\u2019 notice prior to that liability going live in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "153748"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/896449", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/896449/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The leak of any Government information or material is not acceptable and the Government takes such incidents very seriously.<\/p> <\/p> It has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on security matters other than in exceptional circumstances when it is in the public interest to do so.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-05-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-05-14T16:09:14.04Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-05-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Treasury: Disclosure of Information"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many leak enquiries his Department has undertaken in the last two years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "140592"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/895408", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/895408/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As a non-Ministerial department HMRC have operational independence from Treasury Ministers. Neither HM Treasury nor any Minister had any involvement in HMRC\u2019s decision not to execute a French request for a search warrant on Lycamobile\u2019s offices in the UK.<\/p> HMRC have made clear that they did not hinder the French investigation into Lycamobile\u2019s offices in the UK. HMRC worked with the French authorities over a period of several weeks to help them understand the extent of the information that would be needed as part of a successful application for a UK search warrant. HMRC have stated that the decision not to execute the French request was taken on the grounds that the French authorities provided insufficient information to meet the statutory criteria for a UK search warrant, set out in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.<\/p> Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel<\/a> and<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/senior-officials-expenses<\/a><\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-05-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-05-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Treasury: Lycamobile"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Ministers of his Department have had with Lycamobile since 2015; and what the subject was of each of those meetings.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/895410", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/895410/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As a non-Ministerial department HMRC have operational independence from Treasury Ministers. Neither HM Treasury nor any Minister had any involvement in HMRC\u2019s decision not to execute a French request for a search warrant on Lycamobile\u2019s offices in the UK.<\/p> HMRC have made clear that they did not hinder the French investigation into Lycamobile\u2019s offices in the UK. HMRC worked with the French authorities over a period of several weeks to help them understand the extent of the information that would be needed as part of a successful application for a UK search warrant. HMRC have stated that the decision not to execute the French request was taken on the grounds that the French authorities provided insufficient information to meet the statutory criteria for a UK search warrant, set out in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.<\/p> Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:<\/p>