Monthly Oil Consumption Costs for UK Government Sites, 2012-2016

Monthly utility data for individual sites across the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) estate. The dataset covers a period from July 2012 to April 2016 and was published by the Government Digital Service via the EU Open Data portal. The data is provided in an Excel XLSX format.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in government energy expenditure based on monthly time-series data.
• Benchmark oil consumption costs across different government sites mentioned in the description.
• Model operational costs for public sector facilities based on utility data.
• Assess the impact of energy policies on government estate consumption over the 2012-2016 period.

Strengths

• Provides monthly granularity for tracking changes over time.
• Covers a multi-year period from July 2012 to April 2016.
• Focuses on a specific, defined government estate (Defra).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely collected from utility billing or operational records of the Defra estate.

Time Range

July 2012 to April 2016

Freshness

Data covers up to April 2016; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Likely United Kingdom (Defra estate).