Government Spending 100% open

What data is expected?

Records of actual (past) national government spending at a detailed transactional level; at the level of month to month government expenditure on specific items (usually this means individual records of spending amounts under $1m or even under $100k). (Note: Just a database of contracts awarded or similar is not considered sufficient. This data category refers to detailed ongoing data on actual expenditure)

What data is available

•   Does the data exist? Yes
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes(as Online System for Central Accounting and Reporting (OSCAR): this system is a cross government project to replace the Combined Online Information System (COINS) public spending database. It’s a user-friendly system that provides us with key management information and data for public reporting. published by HM Treasury)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Is the data machine readable? Yes (CSV, EXCEL)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Openly licensed? Yes(Here)
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

Central Government departments are required to regularly publish lists of all financial transactions spending over £25,000; some departments publish transactions down to £500 or lower. The business rules and the format is described at http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130129110402/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/psr_transparency_index.htm The data is re-usable under the UK's Open Government Licence. In addition summarised spending information by month x department x type of goods/services is available quarterly from the Treasury (Ministry of Finance) COINS/OSCAR database - see for instance https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-oscar-publishing-from-the-database This is also available under the Open Government Licence. The data was last updated/released in September 2014.

2014 reviewer comment: The data in no longer available through COINS or 'Where does my money go'. It can be found on data.gov.uk platform. I added the correct link to the information and a link to the data license.