Exceptions to Cross-Government Moratoria on Spend in DfT

UK Department for Transport data listing approved exceptions to a government-wide moratorium on discretionary spending in five key areas: consulting, ICT, recruitment, marketing, and property. The dataset is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated on 2026-05 06 12:04:29.277377.

Use Cases

• Analyze patterns in approved spending exceptions based on the five moratorium areas mentioned in the description.
• Monitor government fiscal policy implementation based on the documented exceptions.
• Assess departmental spending priorities based on the categories of discretionary spend listed.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the UK Department for Transport, an authoritative government body.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-06 12:04:29.277377.
• Available in multiple common file formats: ODS, XLSX, .CSV, CSV, XLS.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department for Transport

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official government documents and approvals.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 12:04:29.277377; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom