Late Payments To Private Sector Firms

Question

Provide me with the number of late payments to private sector firms over the last 3 years, broke down by financial year. Additionally could these numbers be provided as a percentage of the total payment made by the Council?

Answer

2017/18 - 2263 invoices representing 6.82% of total invoices paid in the financial year, to date.
 
2016/17 – 2147 invoices representing 5.61% of all invoices paid in the financial year.
 
2015/16 – 2485 invoices representing 6.56% of all invoices paid in the financial year.