UK Office of Rail and Road High-Value Supplier Payments Over £25,000

Monthly records of payments exceeding £25,000 made by the UK's Office of Rail and Road to its suppliers. This data is published as part of the UK Government's commitment to transparency in public expenditure. The dataset is licensed under the Open Government Licence (OGL-UK-3.0) and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze government procurement patterns based on monthly high-value payment data
• Monitor public expenditure transparency based on the published payment records
• Identify major suppliers to the rail and road regulator based on recurring payments

Strengths

• Data is published monthly, suggesting regular updates
• Payments are itemized at a high-value threshold of £25,000, providing a clear filter
• Licensed under OGL-UK-3.0, permitting reuse and analysis

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Office of Rail and Road

Collection Method

Likely extracted from internal financial systems as part of mandated transparency reporting.

Time Range

Monthly coverage; specific start date is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 13:37:02.189373; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom, specifically the jurisdiction of the Office of Rail and Road.