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

Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 13 July (HL392), whether they will publish the number of businesses which have been issued an invitation to the online payment practices reporting service, broken down by (1) company type, (2) company size, and (3) sector.

To date, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have directly issued invitations to the payment practices reporting online service to 208 people. The Department does not hold specific information about company type, size or sector of those invited to the service.