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How open is the data?

•  It's openly licenced
•  It's in an open and machine-readable format
•  It's not downloadable at once
•  It's not up-to-date
•  It's publicly available
•  It's available free of charge

All answers

Question	Answer	Comment
Openly licenced	Yes
In an open and machine-readable format	CSV, XLS	CSV and XLS are noted as the formats most typically used.
Downloadable at once	No	There is no single source or format for publication of spending data at the transaction level. Many departments and agencies record their spending data on Data.gov.uk, but it is not straight-forward to separate these datasets from other datasets within the Government Spending theme.
Up-to-date	No	Update periods are highly variable between departments but few update their data every month.
Publicly available	Yes
Available free of charge	Yes
findable	3
findable_steps	I have previously used Government spending data, so was able to find examples and supporting documentation by searching Gov.uk.
licence_url	https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-	I have provided a standard link to the Open Government Licence as this is the licence that virtually always applies to re-use of Government spending data.
Collected by government	Yes
usability	2	Individual data releases are usually easy to use, but it is very difficult to compare and reconcile data across departments as there is no standard schema or data dictionary in use.
collector_name	All Central Government departments and numerous other agencies and local authorities	Central Government departments are required to publish payments data but there are some gaps in areas of government where responsibility is devolved to Wales or Scotland.
characteristics	Individual record of transactions, Government office which had the transaction, Date of transaction, Name of vendor, Amount of the transaction
location	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-offi - Cabinet Office spend data over £25,000 (as an example), https://www.gov.uk/government/news/letter-to-government - Prime Minister's letter of May 2010, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for - Guidance for publishing spend over £25,000 (HM Treasury)	As there is no single source for this data I have provided an example and links to supporting information. (I have not included HM Treasury's OSCAR database of public spending as that does not provide data at the transaction level.)