Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 20 July 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department holds on the time taken by contractors employed by it to pay the invoices of their sub-contractors under prompt payment arrangements; and if he will make a statement.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) does not capture data covering payments between contractors and sub-contractors. All FCO contracts include the following paragraph to ensure that payments are made promptly:
"Where the Contractor enters into a sub-contract for the provision of any part of the Services, the Contractor shall ensure that a term is included in the sub-contract which requires the Contractor to pay all sums due to the sub-contractor within a specified period, not exceeding 30 days from the date of receipt of a valid invoice as defined by the terms of that sub-contract."
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