UK Government Procurement Card Transactions Over £500 from Ofwat

UK government spending data from the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat). This dataset lists individual Government Procurement Card (GPC) transactions exceeding £500, updated monthly. The data is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing public spending patterns based on monthly transaction updates
• Monitoring procurement compliance based on high-value transaction thresholds
• Investigating government expenditure transparency based on published transaction lists

Strengths

• Data is updated monthly, suggesting regular maintenance
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license
• Focuses on high-value transactions (over £500), which are likely of greater interest for oversight

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)

Collection Method

Likely extracted from internal Government Procurement Card (GPC) payment systems.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 12:23:52.512208; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom