Cambridgeshire County Council Government Procurement Card Transactions

From Q1 2014 onwards, this dataset details quarterly Government Procurement Card (GPC) transactions made by Cambridgeshire County Council. It shows where and when transactions occurred, their cost, and the responsible service area within the council. The data is published to support financial transparency in local government spending.

Use Cases

• Tracking public expenditure by service area based on the reported service area column.
• Analyzing procurement trends over time based on the quarterly time-series structure.
• Auditing transaction details and vendor payments based on the reported location, date, and cost columns.
• Benchmarking local government spending efficiency against other authorities using comparable transaction data.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term time series with data starting in Q1 2014.
• Published on multiple open data platforms (uk_data, eu_open_data), indicating established public transparency.
• Contains specific transaction details including cost, vendor location, and internal service area.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: exact column names, row counts, and file sizes are unknown across all sources.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates (2026-05-03 vs 2023-09-15) create uncertainty about data freshness.
• No license information is provided, which may restrict clear usage rights.

Provenance

Source

Cambridgeshire County Council, published via Cambridgeshire Insight.

Collection Method

Administrative records from Government Procurement Card transactions.

Time Range

2014 Q1 onwards

Freshness

Last updated dates conflict: 2026-05-03 (uk_data) and 2023-09-15 (eu_open_data).

Geography

Cambridgeshire County, United Kingdom