Transport written question – answered at on 3 June 2009.
Philip Hammond
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available.
Geoff Hoon
Secretary of State, Department for Transport
The Department for Transport has only started to hold separate records for late payment of commercial debts since 2008-09. The interest cost for this year was £84,000. Information for the previous two years could be provided only at a disproportionate cost as the interest charge are not held separately for those years.
The following agencies have not paid interest charges in the last three years:
Government Car and Despatch Agency
Vehicle Operator Services Agency
The following agencies can provide information only at a disproportionate cost as they do not split the interest charges separately:
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Yes5 people think so
No4 people think not
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