Barnet Council Expenditure Over £250, 2014-2015

From April 2014 to August 2015, this dataset records monthly expenditure by the London Borough of Barnet, published in compliance with the Local Government Transparency Code 2014. It includes payments over £250 from September 2014, and payments over £500 for the earlier months of April to August 2014. The dataset excludes payments to individuals for privacy and certain bulk payment methods.

Use Cases

• Tracking monthly council spending trends based on the time-series publication schedule.
• Analyzing procurement and vendor payments using the disclosed expenditure amounts.
• Auditing compliance with the Local Government Transparency Code 2014 based on the publication methodology.

Strengths

• Provides a consolidated annual dataset for the 2014/15 financial year, capturing all monthly disclosures.
• Follows a specific regulatory framework (Local Government Transparency Code 2014), ensuring a standardized reporting method.
• Available on multiple platforms (uk_data, eu_open_data), indicating established publication.

Limitations

• Column names and exact data structure are unknown across all sources.
• Metadata such as row count, file size, license, and author are not provided.
• The most recent update date (2026-04-29) on uk_data is inconsistent with the dataset's 2014/15 content, suggesting metadata may not reflect actual data freshness.

Provenance

Source

London Borough of Barnet

Collection Method

Published monthly in arrears by the council in line with regulatory guidance.

Time Range

April 2014 to August 2015

Freshness

2026-04-29 06:02:10.934542 (uk_data), but data content covers 2014/15.

Geography

London Borough of Barnet, United Kingdom