Payment performance
Current payment compliance notices
The Procurement Act 2023 introduces new transparency requirements for public sector bodies, including local authorities. Under the Act, Leicestershire County Council is required to publish payment compliance notices where we do not meet the statutory prompt payment requirements set out in the legislation.
These notices must be published at Leicestershire County Council | payment compliance (GOV.UK) on the Find a Tender, central government transparency portal.
Payment compliance notices provide information on our payment performance to suppliers, including whether invoices have been paid within the required timeframes. This is intended to promote transparency and support fair and prompt payment practices across public sector procurement.
Payment’s compliance notices will be issued twice a year, for the reporting period:
- 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026: published within 30 days of the reporting period end (by 30 April 2026)
- 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026: published within 30 days of the reporting period end (by 30 October 2026 and then twice a year thereafter)
Previous payment performance notices
This data has been calculated in accordance with the previous Public Contracts Regulation 2015 and publishes data to comply with our obligation to pay a valid and undisputed supplier within 30 days. This includes the amount of interest paid to suppliers and the total liability to suppliers from breaches of the requirements (regulation 113).
| Financial year | Proportion of undisputed invoices paid within 30 days | Value of interest liability of invoices paid after 30 days* | Value of identified interest in relation to late payment charges paid to suppliers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 94.39% | £777, 766 | £6,439 |
| 2023/24 | 93.52% | £628,724 | £196 |
| 2022/23 | 95.08% | £532,481 | £1,388 |
| 2021/22 | 93.80% | £369,600 | £1,084 |
| 2020/21 | 91.8% | £316,800 | £1,071 |
| 2019/20 | 95.2% | £115,860 | £13,724 |
* The calculated interest liability includes documents which have been disputed and subsequently released for payment. Therefore the calculated figure exceeds the sum that the authority would actually pay.