Business: Billing
Commons · Question 15861 · Tabled 3 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Al Pinkerton
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are assigned to monitoring and enforcing compliance with the Payment Practices Reporting regime.
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 9 Jul 2026
Late payment is estimated to cost the UK economy almost £11 billion each year. The Government’s impact assessment takes account of the cost of enforcing late payment legislation. The Department currently has two FTEs monitoring and encouraging businesses ...