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

The Council are applying Section 12 to this question. We currently do not report on this and it was last published on the website in 2016. Following this request, we are discussing this internally whether this should be something that is produced and published to the website annually. To be able to report on this, the Council would need to create new reports which would exceed the 18 hour appropriate limit.

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.
See above.

3. Copies of any current council policies or internal procedures regarding payment terms and practices related to suppliers, contractors, and sub-contractors.
This would usually be set out within the contract. There is information about procurement on the Councils website, and also may be covered by the Constitution: https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=299&MId=5456&Ver=4&Info=1