Invoice payments

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/23/0858 

Version Date: 25/07/2023

The Alliance Finance Department have provided the following information regarding the request for data on Dorset Police.

For the period between June 2022 and January 2023, please provide the statistics as follows:

The average number of days taken to make payments of invoices, measured from the date of receipt of invoice or other notice to the date the cash is received by the supplier

Field of information not held on Date Invoiced Received into force, however once the invoices are loaded onto our system we pay on average within two weeks. 

The percentage of payments made within the reporting period which were paid in 30 days or fewer, between 31 and 60 days, and in 61 days or longer

Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days or fewer	58%
Percentage of invoices paid between 31 - 60 days	27%
Percentage of invoices paid over 61 days	15%

These figures does not take into account any invoices under dispute, or where payments are held against credit on accounts, these accepted would show a higher percentage in the ‘within 30 days’ bracket.

The percentage of payments due within the reporting period which were not paid within the agreed payment period

Percentage of payments outside of agreed terms

50%

These figures does not take into account any invoices under dispute, or where payments are held against credit on accounts.