FOI001515 FOI Finance

I am writing to submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please accept this as a formal request for information regarding late payments made by the Council to its suppliers, contractors, and sub-contractors during the past six (6) years.
Requested Information: For the period covering the last 6 years from the date of this request, please provide the following:
1. A complete list of all suppliers, contractors, and sub-contractors who have received late payments beyond agreed terms.
For each entry, where available, please include:
• Business name
• Business address
• Contact email (where non-personal and appropriate)
• Invoice number(s)
• Invoice issue date(s)
• Payment due date(s)
• Actual payment date(s)
• Invoice amount
• Number of days late (if applicable)
• Whether statutory late payment interest and/or fixed compensation was applied
2. The total amount of late payment interest and/or compensation paid under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 for each year within this 6-year period.
3. Copies of any current council policies or internal procedures regarding payment terms and practices related to suppliers, contractors, and sub-contractors.
Format Requested: Please provide the requested data in a format such as Excel or CSV for ease of analysis.
Clarification & Scope: To remain within the FOIA statutory limits, if retrieving full 6-year data would exceed the cost/time exemption threshold, please provide:
• The most recent 12-months as a priority
• OR staged annual reports (i.e., one year at a time) starting from the most recent year
Please note: I am not requesting any personal data, only business trading information which falls outside the scope of Section 40 of the FOIA.