Invoice Payment Performance 2018/19 and 2019/20
Case reference FOI2020/00696
Published 17 July 2020
Request
Invoice payment performance data for financial years 18/19 and 19/20:
1. How many invoices were paid late (actual number rather than %) and what is the total value of invoices paid late?
2. Is this split out by sector / category or can you identify SME suppliers that have been paid late? If so, what are the volumes values?
3. How many claims have you processed for late payment of invoices? How many claims were successful and how many were rejected (and for what reason)? (Volumes and values of claims)
4. Do you have a documented process for late payment claims? If so, is this published and can it be shared? In the absence of a process, where should late payment claims be submitted? I am aware that many councils may publish a summary of their payment performance as required by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. I am seeking the transaction detail that sits behind this.
Response
The 2018 data is available for the full year on the link below.
You will be able to get the invoice data and payment date from the quarterly spending data:
https://www.guildford.gov.uk/transparencydata
Our terms are 30 days, so if you add 30 to the invoice date and see if the payment date was after that or not.
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