spotlightonspend Raw Data Download Files
Posted by Spikes Cavell Analytic Ltd on 13/01/2012 2 comments
The content contains multiple datasets where each dataset contains the transactions above £500 in value (£25,000 in central government) for a single public body before any cleansing, enrichment, aggregation or other data improvement has been made by Spikes Cavell other than the identification and redaction of payments made to individuals, standardisation of the file format (including column headings and positions).
In order to enable faster downloads the CSV files have been zipped. Each zip file contains a single CSV with the same name as the zip file.
For the exact text of the licence, modelled on the data.gov.uk one, please see the linked page.
Local authorities represented on spotlightonspend:
- Adur District Council
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Borough of Poole
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- Cherwell District Council
- City of Westminster Council
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Epping Forest District Council
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Essex County Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Isle of Wight Council
- London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Mole Valley District Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Shepway District Council
- South Bucks District Council
- South Oxfordshire District Council
- South Somerset District Council
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Surrey Heath Borough Council
- Swale Borough Council
- Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Vale of White Horse District Council
- Waverley Borough Council
- Winchester City Council
- Woking Borough Council
- Wolverhampton City Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- Committee on Climate Change
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Radioactive Waste Management Directorate
- Surrey Police
Comments (2)
Context?
I have to say I like the idea of the Coalition publishing this type of dataset - however without more detail (e.g. why a particular payment was made), it is nigh on impossibe to determine value for money.
Good start, but more work required.
Thanks - A labour supporter.
Procurement over £500
Thinking about the economic partnership use of the procurement data it might be worth considering including the post code and / or town of the payee's trading address so that the economic benefits of the expenditure can be mapped out to inform the coming together of economic partners.
It would be useful to have a little more detail in the data file to determine more accurately to which areas the money is being spent.