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<p>The number of individual firms who received at least one payment of an invoice
from the Cabinet Office after a 30-day period, in each quarter of 2016/17, 2017/18
and 2018/19 is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Quarter
1</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter 2</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter
3</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter 4</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Quarter 1</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter
2</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter 3</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter
4</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Quarter
1</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarter 2</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>In the same period, the number of suppliers paid has increased from 491 in
Q1 of 16/17 to 900 in Quarter 1 of 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>The move to a new shared
service platform in May 2017 presented a number of operational issues. We have been
working hard to rectify the underlying issues and have implemented a number of improvements
as part of a coordinated programme of work. These has led to improvements in our payment
performance data with December data showing 82% of invoices paid within 5 days.</p>
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