FOI - GLA invoice payment performance [Jul 2022]

Key information

Request reference number: MGLA240921-3744

Date of response: Thursday 14 July 2022

Summary of request

Your request

I would like the following information pertaining to invoice payment performance data for financial years 2020/21 and 2021/22 (to date):

How many invoices were paid late (actual number and percentage) by the GLA Group (if possible, broken down by organisation) and what is the total value of invoices paid late?

How many invoices of SME suppliers were paid late (actual number and percentage) by the GLA group (if possible, broken down by organisation) and what is the total value of invoices paid late?

Our response

The GLA does not hold the requested information for all organisations in the GLA Group.

Please find below the information we hold, which relates to the GLA only.

GLA	2020/21	2021/22
Later than 30 days
Total number paid late	1,174	1,408
% paid late	7%	7%
Value paid late	£20,136,356.12	£36,107,897.10
SMEs paid later than 10 days
Total number paid late	504	656
% paid late	16%	21%
Value paid late	£9,649,796.50	£16,478,958.86

You may wish to make separate requests to any of the other GLA Group organisations you are interested in.

If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact me, quoting the reference MGLA240921-3744.

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