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IPO: prompt payment of supplier invoices

Updated 15 February 2024

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2023 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 5 working days or less Invoices paid over 5 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 5 days
December 2023 679 636 43 4 93.67%
November 2023 856 823 33 5 96.14%
October 2023 757 732 25 3 96.70%
September 2023 672 645 27 10 95.98%
August 2023 792 764 28 7 96.46%
July 2023 672 643 29 3 95.68%
June 2023 776 756 20 9 97.42%
May 2023 788 763 25 4 96.83%
April 2023 737 722 15 17 97.96%
March 2023 941 898 43 1 95.43%
February 2023 817 800 17 3 97.92%
January 2023 694 652 42 0 93.95%

2022 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 5 working days or less Invoices paid over 5 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 5 days
December 2022 675 662 13 6 98.07%
November 2022 915 893 22 10 97.60%
October 2022 700 679 21 2 97.00%
September 2022 688 667 21 2 96.95%
August 2022 714 687 27 1 96.22%
July 2022 664 618 46 6 93.07%
June 2022 624 601 23 2 96.31%
May 2022 813 784 29 3 96.43%
April 2022 655 632 23 3 96.49%
March 2022 724 669 55 14 92.40%
February 2022 634 604 30 1 95.27%
January 2022 702 645 57 4 91.88%

2021 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 5 working days or less Invoices paid over 5 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 5 days
December 2021 777 722 55 2 92.92%
November 2021 772 737 35 1 95.47%
October 2021 728 679 49 0 93.27%
September 2021 661 640 21 3 96.82%
August 2021 798 687 21 3 86.09%
July 2021 727 711 16 1 97.80%
June 2021 657 645 12 2 98.17%
May 2021 591 574 17 2 97.12%
April 2021 703 670 33 1 95.31%
March 2021 771 749 22 2 97.15%
February 2021 616 597 19 2 96.92%
January 2021 567 553 14 0 97.53%

2020 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 5 working days or less Invoices paid over 5 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 5 days
December 2020 605 576 29 3 95.21%
November 2020 562 548 14 4 97.51%
October 2020 581 577 4 1 99.31%
September 2020 507 498 9 8 98.22%
August 2020 516 502 14 2 97.29%
July 2020 469 457 12 2 97.44%
June 2020 469 452 17 6 96.38%
May 2020 522 515 7 5 98.66%
April 2020 549 528 21 10 96.17%
March 2020 768 703 65 10 91.54%
February 2020 619 595 24 6 96.12%
January 2020 693 617 76 10 89.03%

2019 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
December 2019 640 612 28 15 95.63%
November 2019 774 677 97 0 87.47%
October 2019 682 515 167 0 75.51%
September 2019 734 646 88 18 88.01%
August 2019 695 565 130 21 81.29%
July 2019 780 594 186 12 76.15%
June 2019 710 510 200 9 71.83%
May 2019 702 523 179 7 74.5%
April 2019 599 515 84 5 85.98%
March 2019 765 685 80 0 89.54%
February 2019 627 571 56 12 91.07%
January 2019 685 644 41 8 94.01%

2018 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
December 2018 686 631 55 6 91.98%
November 2018 646 592 54 3 91.64%
October 2018 718 668 50 4 93.04%
September 2018 620 561 59 5 90.48%
August 2018 613 555 58 6 90.54%
July 2018 617 558 59 9 90.44%
June 2018 609 545 64 6 89.49%
May 2018 562 516 46 5 91.81%
April 2018 716 663 53 3 92.6%
March 2018 773 647 126 12 83.7%
February 2018 521 435 86 20 83.49%
January 2018 617 536 81 17 86.87%

2017 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
December 2017 544 479 65 6 88.05%
November 2017 702 611 91 5 87.04%
October 2017 637 482 155 2 75.67%
September 2017 610 510 100 0 83.61%
August 2017 573 482 91 2 84.12%
July 2017 621 528 93 0 85.02%
June 2017 642 514 128 3 80.06%
May 2017 620 524 96 1 84.52%
April 2017 585 475 110 0 81.2%
March 2017 737 637 100 0 86.43%
February 2017 600 511 89 0 85.17%
January 2017 624 493 131 0 79.01%

2016 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
December 2016 562 518 44 3 92.17%
November 2016 587 550 37 8 93.7%
October 2016 591 541 50 10 91.54%
September 2016 597 553 44 11 92.63%
August 2016 534 477 57 6 89.33%
July 2016 599 535 64 19 89.32%
June 2016 683 554 129 15 81.11%
May 2016 543 431 112 0 79.37%
April 2016 667 514 153 0 77.06%
March 2016 996 851 145 1 85.44%
February 2016 807 553 254 0 68.53
January 2016 937 865 72 0 92.32%

2015 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
December 2015 1121 1034 87 0 92.24%
November 2015 1496 1391 105 0 92.98%
October 2015 1404 1295 109 0 92.24%
September 2015 1143 1036 107 0 90.64%
August 2015 902 804 98 0 89.14%
July 2015 1325 1184 141 0 89.36%
June 2015 1054 953 101 0 90.42%
May 2015 549 473 76 0 86.16%
April 2015 1180 1134 46 0 96.10%
March 2015 1576 1297 76 0 95.18%
February 2015 1274 1199 75 0 94.11%
January 2015 824 777 47 0 94.30%

2014 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
December 2014 1084 981 103 6 91.65%
November 2014 1350 1282 68 2 94.96%
October 2014 1398 1294 104 5 92.56%
September 2014 1050 989 61 4 94.19%
August 2014 1025 896 129 31 87.41%
July 2014 1122 1013 109 23 90.29%
June 2014 1420 1286 132 21 90.56%
May 2014 1427 1301 126 8 91.17%
April 2014 1148 998 150 6 86.93%
March 2014 1309 1160 149 10 88.62%
February 2014 1410 1248 162 5 88.51%
January 2014 1009 725 284 11 71.85%

2013 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
December 2013 1282 1111 171 3 86.66%
November 2013 1143 945 198 3 85.45%
October 2013 1341 1146 195 37 87.81%
September 2013 1169 1011 158 19 86.48%
August 2013 1218 1017 201 3 83.50%
July 2013 1370 1135 235 0 82.85%
June 2013 1360 1256 104 0 92.35%
May 2013 1348 1186 162 0 87.98%
April 2013 1390 1138 252 0 81.87%
March 2013 1462 1354 108 0 92.61%
February 2013 1464 1366 98 0 93.31%
January 2013 1132 1017 115 0 89.84%

2012 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
December 2012 1219 1138 81 0 93.36%
November 2012 1422 1275 147 0 89.66%
October 2012 1440 1337 103 0 92.85%
September 2012 1411 1316 95 0 93.27%
August 2012 1246 1154 92 0 92.62%
July 2012 2024 1953 71 0 96.49%
June 2012 916 831 85 0 90.72%
May 2012 1331 1243 88 0 93.39%
April 2012 1082 985 97 0 91.04%
March 2012 1133 1020 113 0 90.03%
February 2012 965 846 119 0 87.67%
January 2012 720 590 130 0 81.94%

2011 Payment data

Reporting month Invoices paid during month Invoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
December 2011 831 703 128 0 84.60%
November 2011 878 752 126 0 85.65%
October 2011 807 657 150 0 81.41%
September 2011 595 509 86 0 85.55%
August 2011 563 507 56 0 90.05%
July 2011 717 678 39 0 94.56%
June 2011 634 530 104 0 83.60%
May 2011 746 659 87 0 88.34%
April 2011 652 573 79 0 87.88%
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