Payment performance data
The Procurement Act 2023 (PA2023) came into force 24 February 2025. This is new statutory legislation for Contracting authorities to adhere to.
PA2023 has changed the way information is reported, including:
- where payments compliance data is to be reported
- the format of the data
- the frequency of reporting
Payments compliance notices
Payment’s compliance notices will be issued twice a year:
- for reporting period 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 - published within 30 days of the reporting period end ie 30 April 2026.
- for reporting period 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026 - published within 30 days of the reporting period end i.e. 30 October 2026 and then twice a year thereafter
Payment compliance notices will be uploaded onto the Central Digital Platform. Read more about the Central Digital Platform.
In addition to publishing on the Central Digital Platform, we will also publish this information on our website.
The data provided in the tables below relates to the reporting requirements under the previous procurement legislation Public Contract regulations 2015 section 113.
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| Financial year | % of valid and undisputed invoices paid within 30 days in accordance with Reg 113 | Amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment (breach of regulation 113 requirement) | Amount of interest liable to pay (whether paid or unpaid) due to late payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/2025 | 98.7% | £8,067.62 | £140,964.53* |
| 2023/2024 | 99% | NIL | £102,656.65* |
| 2022/2023 | 99.5% | £29.63 | £43,430.75* |
| 2021/2022 | 97% | £7,221.94 | £168,769.83* |
| 2020/2021 | 95% | £4.25 | £29,230.59* |
| 2019/2020 | 97% | NIL | £24,913.97* |
| 2018/2019 | 94% | £99.00 | £49,730.01* |
*We are currently unable to exclude periods where interest does not accrue whilst invoices are in dispute so the above figures reflect interest that may have been liable whether invoices were disputed or not.
