Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements his Department, 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.

The Department’s General Conditions of Contract require that a supplier employing sub-contractors to carry out work for the Department pays all sums due to the sub-contractor as soon as possible and in any event not exceeding 30 days from the receipt of a valid invoice.

The Department also uses framework agreements awarded by other Government departments containing their own contract conditions such as the Crown Commercial Service and are moving towards the introduction of standard contract conditions that apply across central Government and expect these to be fully compliant with Regulation 113 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.