Planning Inspectorate UK Government Spend Over £500, Monthly Updated

Planning Inspectorate provides a monthly updated list of its spend on goods and services of £500 or more. This dataset is part of the UK Government's commitment to transparency in public expenditure. The data is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyzing public procurement patterns based on monthly spend data.
• Monitoring government expenditure transparency commitments based on published spending lists.
• Tracking vendor payments and contract values for goods and services over £500.

Strengths

• Data is updated monthly, providing regular snapshots of expenditure.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating reuse and analysis.
• Focuses on transactions of £500 or more, capturing a defined threshold of spending.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:06.436070; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Planning Inspectorate

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Monthly updates.

Geography

United Kingdom