Purchase orders over £5000

We publish monthly reports for purchase orders (POs) to our suppliers with a value above £5000.

The reports include:

• the purchase order number
• the council department originating the payment
• a description of what the payment is for
• the name of the supplier
• the estimated annual spend with the supplier
• order start date, end date and review date where applicable

This data can be downloaded as comma separated variable (csv) files. It is freely re-usable under the same terms as data.gov.uk recommend at https://data.gov.uk/terms.

 

Payment to Suppliers

Public sector bodies are required to publish annual payment performance data.  This includes:

• the percentage of invoices paid within 30 days
• the amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment
• the amount of interest the local authority was liable to pay (whether paid or not)

Financial year	Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days	Amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment	Total amount of interest that the local authority was liable to pay*
2021-22	93.5%	£0	£456,764
2020-21	94.6%	£0	£360,322
2019-20	93.5%	£0	£314,520
2018-19	94.1%	£0	£247,237
2017-18	94.6%	£0	£244,204
2016-17	95.3%	£0	£213,805

*Disputed invoices are not identifiable within the data, therefore the total amount liable could be lower than stated