Payment compliance
Section 68(2) of the Procurement Act 2023 mandates that contracting authorities must pay suppliers' invoices within 30 days. Effective 1st October 2025, Section 69(1) of the Act requires that a contracting authority must publish a payment compliance notice within 30 days of the end of the 'reporting period' and that this must be done every six months. Regulation 38 sets out the implied payment term that contracting authorities must report against and the information that must be included.
- Payment Compliance Notice 1st April 2025 - 30th September 2025
These regulations are intended to replace regulation 113(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Below are our performance statistics for previous financial years, detailing the percentage of undisputed invoices paid within 30 days.
Financial Year 2025 to 2026
Financial Year 2024 to 2025
- Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days: 95.97%
- Amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment: £0
- Total amount of interest liable to pay: £7,824.11
Financial Year 2023 to 2024
- Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days: 97.46%
- Amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment: £0
- Total amount of interest liable to pay: £10,463.67
Financial Year 2022 to 2023
- Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days: 95.92%
- Amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment: £0
- Total amount of interest liable to pay: £21,528.18
Financial Year 2021 to 2022
- Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days: 97.35%
- Amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment: £0
- Total amount of interest liable to pay: £12,755.84
Financial Year 2020 to 2021
- Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days 98.16%
- Amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment £0
- Total amount of interest liable to pay £12,550.21
Financial Year 2019 to 2020
- Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days: 95.09%
- Amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment: £0
- Total amount of interest liable to pay: £11,177.06