Smart Procurement

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 January 2001.

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Photo of Mr Nick St Aubyn Mr Nick St Aubyn Conservative, Guildford 12:00, 15 January 2001

A company in my constituency had to take a prime contractor of the Ministry to court to obtain payment, and since then has received no work from the contractor. Will the Minister confirm that payments to prime contractors under the smart procurement initiative have been delayed because the Ministry has lost control of the delegated payments and it has run out of money this year?