Defra's prompt payment data April 2015 to December 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	£0
2016-17	Q1	78%	99%	£1,123	n/a
2016-17	Q2	68%	93%	£42,380	n/a
2016-17	Q3	72%	94%	£36,495	n/a
2016-17	Q4	76%	94%	£32,999	£0
2017-18	Q1	70%	95%	£31,420	n/a
2017-18	Q2	63%	93%	£20,153	n/a
2017-18	Q3	60%	93%	£179,092	n/a
2017-18	Q4	59%	85%	£66,079	£239
2018-19	Q1	60%	86%	£358,749	n/a
2018-19	Q2	65%	87%	£306,111	n/a
2018-19	Q3	71%	87%	£380,302	n/a
2018-19	Q4	58%	83%	£331,029	£761
2019-20	Q1	67%	88%	£150,179	n/a
2019-20	Q2	72%	86%	£89,747	n/a
2019-20	Q3	77%	93%	£119,352	n/a
2019-20	Q4	85%	93%	£41,166	£0
2020-21	Q1	81%	91%	£39,988	n/a
2020-21	Q2	87%	95%	£107,912	n/a
2020-21	Q3	88%	95%	£31,404	n/a
2020-21	Q4	84%	93%	£35,781	£0
2021-22	Q1	86%	95%	£31,745	n/a
2021-22	Q2	91%	97%	£39,817	n/a
2021-22	Q3	95%	98%	£22,754	n/a
2021-22	Q4	93%	97%	£41,028	£2,335
2022-23	Q1	96%	98%	£106,329	n/a
2022-23	Q2	95%	98%	£144,196	n/a
2022-23	Q3	96%	98%	£116,173	n/a
2022-23	Q4	93%	97%	£71,471	£1,405
2023-24	Q1	95%	98%	£67,787	n/a
2023-24	Q2	95%	98%	£80,316	n/a
2023-24	Q3	96%	99%	£84,221	n/a

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