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Defra's prompt payment data April 2015 to June 2023

Updated 19 July 2023

Financial Year Quarter Percentage of invoices paid within 5 days Percentage of invoices paid with 30 days Total interest liability The amount of interest paid to suppliers due to a breach of the requirement in regulation 113 during the financial year
2015-16 Q1 99% 100% n/a n/a
2015-16 Q2 99% 100% n/a n/a
2015-16 Q3 100% 100% n/a n/a
2015-16 Q4 91% 100% n/a 拢0
2016-17 Q1 78% 99% 拢1,123 n/a
2016-17 Q2 68% 93% 拢42,380 n/a
2016-17 Q3 72% 94% 拢36,495 n/a
2016-17 Q4 76% 94% 拢32,999 拢0
2017-18 Q1 70% 95% 拢31,420 n/a
2017-18 Q2 63% 93% 拢20,153 n/a
2017-18 Q3 60% 93% 拢179,092 n/a
2017-18 Q4 59% 85% 拢66,079 拢239
2018-19 Q1 60% 86% 拢358,749 n/a
2018-19 Q2 65% 87% 拢306,111 n/a
2018-19 Q3 71% 87% 拢380,302 n/a
2018-19 Q4 58% 83% 拢331,029 拢761
2019-20 Q1 67% 88% 拢150,179 n/a
2019-20 Q2 72% 86% 拢89,747 n/a
2019-20 Q3 77% 93% 拢119,352 n/a
2019-20 Q4 85% 93% 拢41,166 拢0
2020-21 Q1 81% 91% 拢39,988 n/a
2020-21 Q2 87% 95% 拢107,912 n/a
2020-21 Q3 88% 95% 拢31,404 n/a
2020-21 Q4 84% 93% 拢35,781 拢0
2021-22 Q1 86% 95% 拢31,745 n/a
2021-22 Q2 91% 97% 拢39,817 n/a
2021-22 Q3 95% 98% 拢22,754 n/a
2021-22 Q4 93% 97% 拢41,028 拢2,335
2022-23 Q1 96% 98% 拢106,329 n/a
2022-23 Q2 95% 98% 拢144,196 n/a
2022-23 Q3 96% 98% 拢116,173 n/a
2022-23 Q4 93% 97% 拢71,471 拢1,405
2023-24 Q1 95% 98% 拢67,787 n/a