Registers of Scotland Government Procurement Card Transactions Over £500

Monthly transaction records detail expenditures over £500 made using the Registers of Scotland's Government Procurement Card. The data is published by Registers of Scotland under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated on 2026-03-17. The specific number of rows and columns is not provided in the metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly government expenditure patterns based on transaction amounts over £500.
• Monitor public procurement card usage for compliance and oversight based on the described spending records.
• Identify trends in high-value government purchases based on the monthly transaction data.

Strengths

• Data is updated monthly, providing regular snapshots of expenditure.
• Records have a defined spending threshold, capturing transactions over £500.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, which permits reuse.

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

Registers of Scotland

Collection Method

Likely extracted from internal government procurement card systems.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 15:36:07.100741; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland, United Kingdom