Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.

The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has paid 90% of the undisputed and valid invoices to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in the 2021-22 financial year and each of the last 12 months in the 2022-23 financial year.