DFID Government e-Payments Framework Transactions Above £500 from April 2011

All transactions above £500 made by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) through the Government Procurement Card (GPC) framework. The data covers transactions from April 2011, with quarterly releases initially transitioning to monthly updates. The dataset is provided by DFID under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing government procurement patterns based on transaction amounts and timing.
• Monitoring public sector spending transparency based on the £500 reporting threshold.
• Tracking departmental expenditure over time based on the quarterly and monthly release schedule.

Strengths

• Data has a defined reporting threshold, including all transactions above £500.
• Covers a specific time period starting from April 2011.
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Department for International Development

Collection Method

Likely extracted from Government Procurement Card (GPC) transaction systems.

Time Range

From April 2011 onwards.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:38.056471; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom