UK Government Legal Department High-Value Transactions, Monthly Updated

Monthly-updated records of financial transactions over £25,000 made by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, Attorney General’s Office, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate. The data is published by the Government Legal Department as part of a government transparency commitment and includes a readable explanation for each expenditure. The dataset is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spending patterns and trends based on monthly transaction data mentioned in the description
• Monitoring government transparency and accountability based on the published high-value expenditure records
• Investigating specific departmental expenditures based on the readable explanations provided for each transaction

Strengths

• Monthly update frequency ensures relatively current data
• Includes a final column with a readable explanation for each transaction, providing context

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Legal Department

Collection Method

Published list of financial transactions as part of government transparency commitment.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:33.232143; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom