UK Department for Transport Expenditure Over £25,000, April 2009 Onwards

Monthly consolidated files of invoice payments, grant payments, and other transactions from the UK Department for Transport and its agencies. The data covers spending over £25,000 from April 2009 onwards, published in accordance with government transparency requirements. The dataset excludes personal data such as payroll and staff travel expenses.

Use Cases

• Analyze departmental spending trends over time based on the monthly transaction data.
• Track payments to specific contractors or grant recipients based on the transaction records.
• Compare expenditure patterns across different agencies and arms-length bodies listed in the description.
• Audit compliance with government transparency guidelines based on the published payment disclosures.

Strengths

• Data covers a long time range starting from April 2009.
• Includes transactions from multiple agencies and bodies as listed in the description.
• Published under the Open Government Licence (OGL-UK-3.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes that not all Non-Departmental Public Bodies incur relevant expenditure for each period.

Provenance

Source

Department for Transport

Collection Method

Consolidated monthly files of invoice payments, grant payments, and other transactions.

Time Range

From April 2009 onwards.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 09:00:18.824382; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom