FOI Request - Prompt Payment Data

Request 101003108041

This is an information request relating to prompt payments.

Please include the information for each of the following financial years, broken down by quarter; 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22:
1. The number of invoices not paid within statutory deadlines
2. The amount of interest accrued as a result of late payments which the council is liable for this is an information request relating to prompt payments.
 

Response 05-08-2022

1. 
Year          Q1      Q2      Q3      Q4
2019/20      1,507 1,371 1,676 1,941
2020/21      1,525 1,796 2,150 2,227
2021/22      1,405 2,203 1,923 2,838

This information is based on what we publish on an annual basis and includes credit notes – so it is the number of invoices and credit notes not paid within statutory deadlines of 30 days.

2. Not held - We do not hold data for the interest accrued for late payments. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held