Central Government departments
| Dept | Full name | Spend URL | Spend data range | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEIS | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | Spend page | 2016/08 - 2022/09 | Dept created in July 2016. |
| BIS | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2016/07 | Dept disbanded in July 2016 and incorporated into BEIS. |
| CO | Cabinet Office | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2022/09 | Data easy to access. Reasonably up to date. |
| DCMS | Department for Culture Media and Sport | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2023/01 | None |
| DECC | Department of Energy and Climate Change | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2016/07 | Dept disbanded in July 2016 and incorporated into BEIS. |
| Defra | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2022/12 | Reasonably up to date. |
| DExEU | Department for Exiting the European Union | Spend page | 2016/07 - 2019/11 | Dept created in July 2016 and disbanded in Feb 2020. Very few recor... |
| DfE | Department for Education | Spend page | 2015/01 - 2023/01 | Data easy to access. Not usually up to date. Large number of record... |
| DFID | Department for International Development (now part of FCDO) | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2022/05 | Dept disbanded in Sept 2020. Spend data is easy to access, consiste... |
| DfT | Department for Transport | Spend page | 2015/01 - 2022/08 | Reasonably up to date. |
| DHSC | Department of Health & Social Care | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2023/01 | Changed name in Jan 2018. |
| DIT | Department for International Trade | Spend page | 2016/07 - 2022/11 | Data easy to access. Not up to date. Dept created in July 2016. Spe... |
| DLUHC | Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2022/08 | Yet another new name (DLUHC) in Sep 2021 replaces MHCLG which repla... |
| DWP | Department for Work and Pensions | Spend page | 2015/01 - 2022/12 | Data easy to access. Not usually up to date. Reasonably good qualit... |
| FCDO | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2022/05 | New name in Sept 2020. Finally published 2020 & 2021 data in April ... |
| HMPPS | HM Prison & Probation Service | Spend page | 2019/06 - 2022/06 | Data easy to access. Not up to date. Data quality is usually good. |
| HMRC | HM Revenue and Customs | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2023/01 | Data easy to access and up to date. |
| HMT | HM Treasury | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2022/01 | Data easy to access. Reasonably up to date. Very few records. |
| HO | Home Office | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2022/12 | Egregious reluctance to publish spend data in the past. Now much im... |
| MOD | Ministry of Defence | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2022/12 | Data easy to access. Reasonably up to date. Data quality is usually... |
| MOJ | Ministry of Justice | Spend page | 2011/01 - 2022/06 | Not up to date. Improved download page but no overall collection pa... |
Click on Dept link for details. Data loaded shows the start & end range of data available.
Sept 2020 - DfID disbanded and merged into renamed Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
July 2016 - three new departments created (BEIS, DExEU & DIT) and two disbanded (BIS & DECC).
January 2018 - Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) renamed as Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and Department of Health (DH) renamed as Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Search for supplier name across all departments
New Govt related organisations selection - NB beta release and still under development
Relevant links:
Ministerial Statement re government accountability and transparency (14 Dec 2017)
Prime Minister's memo to Cabinet colleagues re government transparency and open data (14 Dec 2017)
Central Government IT news from Government Computing
List of central government Departments, Agencies, Public Bodies etc
Notes on Central Gov spend data
Whitehall Monitor 2017 report from the Institute of Government - criticism of poor transparency in central gov spending data.