Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of invoices for contracts entered into by NHS England are settled within four weeks.

NHS England monitors the payment of invoices made within 30 days, to confirm compliance with the Better Payment Practice Code, which sets a target of 95%. In the 2024/25 financial year, 97% of invoices were paid within 30 days, with a slight reduction to 94% in the 2025/26 financial year for the six-month period to 30 September 2025, the latest period for which figures are available.