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Title

QUESTIONS IN WRITING

Small Business

Database

House Hansard

Date

28-05-2009

Source

House of Reps

Parl No.

42

Electorate

Moncrieff

Interjector

 

Main Committee/Federation Chamber

 

Page

4849

Party

LP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

681

Questioner

Ciobo, Steven, MP

Responder

Griffin, Alan, MP

Speaker

 

Stage

Small Business

Type

 

Context

Questions in Writing

System Id

chamber/hansardr/2009-05-28/0195


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Thursday, 28 May 2009
Page: 4849


Mr Ciobo asked the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, in writing, on 19 March 2009:

(1)   From 3 December 2007 to 19 March 2009:

(a)   how many and what percentage of payments made by the Minister’s department to small businesses were not made within

(i)   30, and

(ii)   60 days of receipt of the goods or services and an invoice; and

(b)   what was the average time lapsed between invoice received and payments made by the Minister’s department to small businesses.


Mr Griffin (Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) —The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:

(1)   Veterans’ Affairs does not maintain separate accounts payable records for small and large business.

(a)  

For the period 1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008

Paid within 31-60 days (up to 30 days late)

Not paid within 60 days (more than 30 days late)

Number of invoices

1,403

539

Percentage of invoices by number (%)

6.96

2.67

(b)   For the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, the average time between receipt of invoices by the department and when payments were made was 21 days.