Local Government Expenditure Over £500

Payments to Suppliers

Since 2009 the Council has been producing reports listing the total payments to suppliers with a cumulative value over £500, as part of the Council's approach to openness and transparency in the procurement process.

The data contained in these reports is freely re-usable under the terms of the Open Government Licence (this is an external hyperlink)

Current Financial Year

Report detailing the quarterly cumulative payments for the current financial year (updated at the end of each quarter):

Report showing the individual transaction detail that makes up the quarterly cumulative payments for the current financial year (updated at the end of each quarter):
- individual transaction detail for the last quarter of the current financial year (922 Kb)
- individual transaction detail for the last quarter of the current financial year (CSV format) (808 Kb)

Previous Financial Year

Report detailing the cumulative payments for the last financial year:

Report showing the individual transaction detail that makes up the cumulative payments for last financial year:
- individual transaction detail for the last financial year (1,565 Kb)
- individual transaction detail for the last financial year (CSV format) (1,087 Kb)

The suppliers listed have been categorised using the ProClass system (this is an external hyperlink).

Code of Recommended Practice for Local Spending Data

From January 2011 the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government requires local authorities to publish expenditure on items over £500 in accordance with a code of practice. The following reports have been created in accordance with the Practioners' Guide to Publishing Local Spending Data (this is an external hyperlink) in order to maximise their value to local people.

Understanding the Data

The data has been extracted from the Council's finance system, eFinancials, which is supplied by Advanced Business Solutions
The Council's redaction policy is to redact any sensitive data that is protected under the Data Protection Act 1998
The expenditure (purchase) categorisation provided is SeRCOP and ProClass
Narrative is not provided as it contains sensitive data that would be redacted in accordance with the Council's redaction policy
The net amount shown is the invoice value net of any VAT, this may be coded to several expenditure categories so individual values may be less than £500
The Supplier ID is the Company Registration Number (where known)
The Contract ID is not provided as as this data is not held in the eFinancials database