UK Department for International Development Financial Transactions Over Spending Threshold

A monthly-updated list of all financial transactions spending over a threshold made by the Department for International Development. The dataset covers transactions from April 2010 to March 2011 with a £25,000 threshold and from April 2011 onward with a £500 threshold. It is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license as part of the UK government's commitment to expenditure transparency.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in departmental spending over time based on the monthly update cadence.
• Identify high-value transactions for audit or oversight based on the reported spending thresholds.
• Model government expenditure patterns in the international development sector based on the transaction list.
• Assess the impact of transparency policies on reported spending behavior based on the stated commitment.

Strengths

• Monthly update frequency supports time-series analysis.
• Specific spending thresholds are defined (£25,000 pre-April 2011, £500 post-April 2011).
• Explicit time range provided (from April 2010).
• Published under the open OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and institutional bias inherent to the single department source.

Provenance

Source

Department for International Development

Collection Method

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

Time Range

From April 2010 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:20.517720; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (spending department), with likely global coverage of funded activities.