Processing Payments to Suppliers

  • Reference Number: 2597
  • Date released: 27 July 2010

Request

It relates to the performance of your police force when processing payment to suppliers, contractors and any other party supplying a service or product during the last financial year (09/10).

The request is comprised of four questions:

  1. Under its standard payment terms, how quickly, in days, does your force aim to pay invoices from suppliers and contractors?
  2. During 2009/10, what percentage of invoices did your force settled in 10 days or less, from the invoice date?
  3. During 2009/10, what percentage of invoices did your force settled in 30 days or less, from the invoice date?
  4. If possible, please also supply me with the mean average of the amount of time, in days, your force took to settle bills in 2009/10.

Response

In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Question 1

30 days

Question 2

38.7%

Question 3

90.6%

Question 4

19 days

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