ICT Spend: Annual Council ICT Expenditure Breakdown

Annual financial data detailing ICT expenditure by the Blaby District Council. The dataset includes a breakdown of spending on hardware, software, telecoms, and other expenses for each financial year. It is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and is scheduled for annual updates.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in public ICT investment based on annual financial year data
• Benchmark hardware versus software spending ratios for local councils
• Model telecoms and other ICT-related expenses for budget forecasting

Strengths

• Data is broken down by specific ICT categories: hardware, software, telecoms, and other expenses
• Has a defined update schedule, with updates planned on an annual basis
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 open license

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Blaby District Council

Collection Method

Likely sourced from official council financial records.

Time Range

Annual financial year data; specific years not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:07.543694; freshness should be verified

Geography

Likely covers the Blaby District Council area in the UK.