Paid Invoices between 2021 - 2026
Case reference FOI2026/01692
Received 17 July 2026
Published 14 August 2026
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information concerning the payment of supplier invoices by your organisation.
A. Invoices paid
For each of the following financial years:
* 2021/22
* 2022/23
* 2023/24
* 2024/25
* 2025/26
Please provide:
1. The total number of supplier invoices paid during the financial year.
2. The number or percentage of those invoices paid:
a. Within 30 calendar days
b. Between 31 and 60 calendar days
c. On or after day 61
3. The total amount of statutory late-payment interest or compensation paid to suppliers during the financial year.
Please use the payment-performance figures and methodology already held or used by your organisation, including any figures prepared to meet statutory or published prompt-payment reporting requirements.
Where only percentages, rather than invoice numbers, are held for question 2, please provide the percentages held. There is no need to calculate invoice numbers manually.
B. Outstanding invoices
Using figures as at the end of the most recent completed calendar month, please provide:
1. The total number of supplier invoices that were still unpaid after their payment due date had passed.
2. Of those overdue invoices, the number that were:
a. Between 1 and 30 calendar days overdue
b. Between 31 and 60 calendar days overdue
c. Between 61 and 90 calendar days overdue
d. More than 90 calendar days overdue
3. If available through a standard report from your finance system, the total value, including VAT, of all supplier invoices that were overdue at that date.
For this section, an invoice should only be counted as overdue if the payment due date recorded in your finance system had already passed.
Please exclude invoices recorded as formally disputed, invalid, cancelled or awaiting approval where this can be done through your existing reporting system without manually reviewing individual invoices.
If these categories cannot readily be excluded, please provide the figures held and briefly confirm what is included.
Please provide the information in spreadsheet or CSV format where possible.
Response
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information concerning the payment of supplier invoices by your organisation.
A. Invoices paid
For each of the following financial years:
* 2021/22
* 2022/23
* 2023/24
* 2024/25
* 2025/26
Please provide:
1. The total number of supplier invoices paid during the financial year.
2. The number or percentage of those invoices paid:
a. Within 30 calendar days
b. Between 31 and 60 calendar days
c. On or after day 61
3. The total amount of statutory late-payment interest or compensation paid to suppliers during the financial year.
Please use the payment-performance figures and methodology already held or used by your organisation, including any figures prepared to meet statutory or published prompt-payment reporting requirements.
Where only percentages, rather than invoice numbers, are held for question 2, please provide the percentages held. There is no need to calculate invoice numbers manually.
B. Outstanding invoices
Using figures as at the end of the most recent completed calendar month, please provide:
1. The total number of supplier invoices that were still unpaid after their payment due date had passed.
2. Of those overdue invoices, the number that were:
a. Between 1 and 30 calendar days overdue
b. Between 31 and 60 calendar days overdue
c. Between 61 and 90 calendar days overdue
d. More than 90 calendar days overdue
3. If available through a standard report from your finance system, the total value, including VAT, of all supplier invoices that were overdue at that date.
For this section, an invoice should only be counted as overdue if the payment due date recorded in your finance system had already passed.
Please exclude invoices recorded as formally disputed, invalid, cancelled or awaiting approval where this can be done through your existing reporting system without manually reviewing individual invoices.
If these categories cannot readily be excluded, please provide the figures held and briefly confirm what is included.
Please provide the information in spreadsheet or CSV format where possible.
Answer: Please see the attached FOI2026 01692 Response Spreadsheet, as requested.
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