Open data
Council spending
The council is committed to publishing spending data on all goods and services each month. In August 2010, it was decided that all spending over £500 would be published. In October 2012, the threshold was reduced to £250.
Enquiries about the spending document should be submitted via the Freedom of Information process.
Media enquiries should go through our press office.
With regard to the monthly files published, the same vendor may have multiple entries. This may be for a number of reasons, including:
- the council has made more than one payment to the vendor within the relevant period
- the vendor has more than one physical address or the council has more than one account with the vendor
Therefore, it's necessary to publish multiple lines for what may be, or may seem to be, the same payee.
As a general rule, the council can recover VAT and all amounts are shown net of this. In the event that VAT isn't recoverable or cannot be separated out; it will be annotated on the payment schedules accordingly.
Payments within 30 days
From and including the financial year 2015-16, the council is required to publish data about the payment of undisputed invoices. From and including the financial year 2016-17, the council is also required to publish late payment interest liability.
|
Financial year |
The percentage of valid & undisputed invoices paid within 30 days in accordance with regulation 113 |
The amount of interest paid to suppliers due to a breach of the requirement in regulation 113 |
The total amount of interest that the contracting authority was liable to pay (whether or not paid and whether under any statutory or other requirement), due to a breach of Regulation 113 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2015-16 |
66.27% |
£206.74 |
New requirement from 2016-17 |
|
2016-17 |
63.70% |
£nil |
£760,085.24 |
Procurement information
The council publishes a 'Register of Contracts and Invitations to Tender' which can be found on the Selling to Southwark page. The page includes detail on:
- contract opportunities
- contracts register
- approved list of building contractors and consultants
- how to do business with the council
Page last updated: 26 April 2018
