Question reference: S5W-12914
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 27 November 2017
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Current status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 4 December 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of undisputed invoices to each (a) of its directorates, (b) of its agencies and (c) non-departmental public body was paid within five days in each year since 2011.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information broken down by directorate or agency, nor do we hold this information for non-departmental public bodies. However, we have provided in the following table, combined figures for The Scottish Government and bodies who share its finance system.
Financial Year |
Number of undisputed invoices paid within 5 days |
2011-12 |
81.3% |
2012-13 |
79.9% |
2013-14 |
80.3% |
2014-15 |
77.8% |
2015-16 |
79.6% |
2016-17 |
79.6% |
2017-18 (April-October) |
77.4% |