Local government expenditure over £500

The data contained in these reports is freely re-usable under the terms of the Open Government Licence External Hyperlink

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 Local Government Association's Local Transparency Guide 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 and Freedom of Information Act 2000
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 this data is not held in the eFinancials database