Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of Government contractors that employ over 250 people have signed up to the Prompt Payment Code.

This information is not held centrally.

However, a list of signatories to the Prompt Payment Code can be viewed at the following link: http://ppc.promptpaymentcode.org.uk/ppc/ppc_signatory.a4d

The majority of government’s strategic suppliers are signatories to the Code and payment practices of government’s largest suppliers are regularly monitored to ensure that they are in line with the aims of prompt payment policy. While the Prompt Payment Code is voluntary, any new strategic supplier to government is encouraged to sign up.