Local Government Supplier Payments Over £500 and £250, 2010-2012

Payments to suppliers over £500 from April 2010 to September 2012, and payments over £250 from October 2012 onwards. The data is published by the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. The record was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in local government expenditure based on payment thresholds and time periods mentioned in the description
• Identify major suppliers to a local authority based on the recorded payments over £500 and £250
• Assess fiscal transparency and accountability for public spending as described in the data release

Strengths

• Specific payment thresholds (£500 and £250) are defined for different time periods
• Data covers a multi-year period from April 2010 onwards
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license

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

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Collection Method

Likely extracted from the council's financial systems as part of transparency obligations.

Time Range

April 2010 onwards

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:37.985051; freshness should be verified

Geography

Likely covers the jurisdiction of the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council in the UK.