UK Department of Finance Expenditure Over £25,000 from January 2020 to March 2022

All financial transactions over £25,000 made by the UK Department of Finance between January 2020 and March 2022. The data was published by the Government Digital Service as part of the Northern Ireland Civil Service's commitment to expenditure transparency. It is available under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze departmental spending patterns based on the high-value transaction threshold mentioned in the description
• Monitor government financial transparency and accountability based on the stated commitment to open data
• Conduct fiscal oversight and audit preparation based on the list of large expenditures

Strengths

• Transactions are filtered to a specific, high-value threshold of over £25,000
• Covers a defined 27-month period from January 2020 to March 2022
• Published under a permissive Open Government Licence for reuse

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 compiled from departmental financial systems as part of transparency reporting.

Time Range

January 2020 to March 2022

Freshness

Data covers up to March 2022; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Likely Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, given the reference to the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS).