Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.

A full response to this question would require a review of all the terms and conditions held by the Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, which would incur disproportionate cost.

The Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are aware of the latest guidance around the prompt payment code and either have introduced or are introducing the new approach into their standard terms and conditions:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hancock-big-firms-should-pay-small-suppliers-in-30-days