Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of business (a) awareness of and (b) satisfaction with the Office of the Small Business Commissioner.

The Office of the Small Business Commissioner (OSBC) has been extremely active in highlighting late and other poor payment practices experienced by small businesses and has recovered over £8 million owed to small businesses.

A statutory review of the OSBC will take place between now and the spring. This will examine the role and remit of the OSBC to ensure that it is supporting small businesses as effectively as possible.