Payment performance

Under Regulation 113(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 - Payment Performance Contracting, authorities are required to publish data demonstrating compliance with the obligation to pay invoices within 30 days to first tier suppliers/prime contractors over the previous 12 months.

Trafford Council annual payment performance data
Financial YearProportion of valid & undisputed invoices paid within 30 days in accordance with regulation 113The amount of interest paid to suppliers due to a breach of the requirement in regulation 113The total amount of interest that the contracting authority was liable to (whether or not paid and whether under any statutory or other requirement), due to a breach of Regulation 113*Number of invoices not paid within 30 days (Not mandatory requirement to publish requested as part of the FOIR)
2017/18 91.43% £0.00 £50,817.20 2891
2018/19 87.62% £0.00 £57,127.96 4238
2019/20 94.98% £0.00 £35,507.02 1657
2020/21 95.89% £0.00 £26,084.43 1136
2021/22 95.23% £0.00 £21,469.24 1298
2022/23 96.43% £0.00 £13,645.08 1143

*Not all invoices paid over 30 days have been checked for disputes

We now publish our transparency data for annual payment performance on data.gov.uk in line with the regulations.