Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Expenditure Over £250

From April 2010, this dataset lists payments made by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for goods, services, and grants, with a lower reporting threshold of £250 applied from June 2012. It is published to comply with the UK's Local Government Transparency Code, detailing individual transactions while excluding categories like employee remuneration, benefits, and banking investments. Certain payments to private individuals are redacted under Freedom of Information and Data Protection Acts.

Use Cases

• Tracking vendor payments and procurement patterns based on the listed goods and services.
• Analyzing grant distribution to third-party providers based on the described expense categories.
• Monitoring compliance with spending transparency regulations based on the published thresholds and exclusions.
• Investigating local government financial operations based on the detailed transaction-level data.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term record of council spending, with data spanning from April 2010.
• Offers detailed transaction-level data, distinguishing between payments over £500 and £250.
• Explicitly documents data exclusions (e.g., employee remuneration, banking investments), clarifying scope.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: specific column names, row counts, file sizes, and license information are unknown.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates (2019-09-25 and 2026-07-08) create uncertainty about data freshness.
• Data redactions for privacy reasons limit the completeness of the spending record.

Provenance

Source

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, published via the Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Administrative records published to meet the UK Local Government Transparency Code requirements.

Time Range

April 2010 onward

Freshness

2026-07-08 13:32:23.227119

Geography

Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom