UK Transport Department Procurement Card Transactions Over £500

Government Procurement Card transactions exceeding £500 made by the UK Department for Transport and its agencies. The dataset is published by the Department for Transport and was last updated in April 2026. It provides a record of departmental spending via procurement cards.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spending patterns by transaction_amount and merchant_name across different transport agencies.
• Monitoring compliance with spending thresholds by filtering transactions above the £500 reporting limit.
• Categorizing expenditure types using description fields to audit departmental procurement.

Strengths

• Data is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, enabling open reuse.
• Records are sourced directly from the Department for Transport, an authoritative government body.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and historical time range are not provided in the metadata.
• Data is limited to transactions over £500, excluding smaller purchases which may represent significant aggregate spending.

Provenance

Source

Department for Transport, United Kingdom government.

Collection Method

Official records of Government Procurement Card transactions.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated as of April 2026, indicating regular maintenance.

Geography

United Kingdom, primarily Department for Transport and its agencies.