Spend over £250 in CLA: UK Local Government Ombudsman Financial Transactions

A monthly-updated list of all financial transactions spending over £250 made by the Local Government Ombudsman (CLA). The data is published as part of the UK Government's commitment to transparency in public expenditure. The dataset is licensed under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze patterns in public expenditure based on the monthly-updated transaction list.
• Monitor government spending transparency based on the commitment mentioned in the description.
• Track financial transactions above a specific threshold based on the £250 spending rule.

Strengths

• Monthly update frequency ensures regular data refresh.
• Explicitly lists transactions over a defined threshold of £250.
• 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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Local Government Ombudsman

Collection Method

Likely compiled from internal financial systems as part of transparency reporting.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:22.220535; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely United Kingdom, given the platform (uk_data) and currency (£).