UK Department for Work and Pensions Exceptions to Spending Moratoria Since 2010

Exceptions to five cross-government spending moratoria announced on 24 May 2010, covering ICT spend above £1m, advertising, consultancy, property leases, and civil service recruitment. The Department for Work and Pensions provides this list of approved expenditures under the Open Government Licence. Data was last updated on 8 July 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze patterns in approved government expenditures based on the five moratoria categories.
• Monitor compliance and exceptions to cross-government spending freezes based on the listed items.
• Study departmental spending discretion based on the allowed items of spend since the 2010 announcement.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative UK Department for Work and Pensions.
• Covers a specific policy timeframe starting from the announcement on 24 May 2010.
• Released under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 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.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is 2026-07-08 13:31:40.992114.

Provenance

Source

Department for Work and Pensions

Collection Method

Likely an internal administrative record of approved expenditures.

Time Range

From 24 May 2010 onwards

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:40.992114

Geography

United Kingdom