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Title

QUESTIONS IN WRITING

Small Business

Database

House Hansard

Date

01-06-2009

Source

House of Reps

Parl No.

42

Electorate

Moncrieff

Interjector

 

Main Committee/Federation Chamber

 

Page

5096

Party

LP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

668

Questioner

Ciobo, Steven, MP

Responder

Roxon, Nicola, MP

Speaker

 

Stage

Small Business

Type

 

Context

Questions in Writing

System Id

chamber/hansardr/2009-06-01/0239


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Monday, 1 June 2009
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Mr Ciobo asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, 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.


Ms Roxon (Minister for Health and Ageing) —The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:

(1)  

(a)  

(i)   In the 2007/08 financial year, 2,120 payments were made to small business, in excess of 30 days. This is 27.1% of the total payments made to small business.

(ii)   In the 2007/08 financial year, 430 payments were made to small business, in excess of 60 days. This is 5.5% of the total payments made to small business.

(b)   The average time lapsed between invoice received in the Department and payment to small business was 27 days.