Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 76214

Small Businesses: Billing

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

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.

Answer

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.