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Small Businesses: Billing

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 16 September 2025UIN 76214

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small businesses have used the tribunal system to pursue late payments in each of the last five years.

Answered by Blair McDougall

The information requested is not collated centrally and judgments produced by the courts and tribunal system do not actively include information on whether the parties are small businesses.

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