Central Government departments

21 records found
DeptFull nameSpend URLSpend data rangeComment
BEISDepartment for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategySpend page2016/08 - 2022/09Dept created in July 2016.
BISDepartment for Business, Innovation and SkillsSpend page2011/01 - 2016/07Dept disbanded in July 2016 and incorporated into BEIS.
COCabinet OfficeSpend page2011/01 - 2022/09Data easy to access. Reasonably up to date.
DCMSDepartment for Culture Media and SportSpend page2011/01 - 2023/01None
DECCDepartment of Energy and Climate ChangeSpend page2011/01 - 2016/07Dept disbanded in July 2016 and incorporated into BEIS.
DefraDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural AffairsSpend page2011/01 - 2022/12Reasonably up to date.
DExEUDepartment for Exiting the European UnionSpend page2016/07 - 2019/11Dept created in July 2016 and disbanded in Feb 2020. Very few recor...
DfEDepartment for EducationSpend page2015/01 - 2023/01Data easy to access. Not usually up to date. Large number of record...
DFIDDepartment for International Development (now part of FCDO)Spend page2011/01 - 2022/05Dept disbanded in Sept 2020. Spend data is easy to access, consiste...
DfTDepartment for TransportSpend page2015/01 - 2022/08Reasonably up to date.
DHSCDepartment of Health & Social CareSpend page2011/01 - 2023/01Changed name in Jan 2018.
DITDepartment for International TradeSpend page2016/07 - 2022/11Data easy to access. Not up to date. Dept created in July 2016. Spe...
DLUHCDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesSpend page2011/01 - 2022/08Yet another new name (DLUHC) in Sep 2021 replaces MHCLG which repla...
DWPDepartment for Work and PensionsSpend page2015/01 - 2022/12Data easy to access. Not usually up to date. Reasonably good qualit...
FCDOForeign, Commonwealth & Development OfficeSpend page2011/01 - 2022/05New name in Sept 2020. Finally published 2020 & 2021 data in April ...
HMPPSHM Prison & Probation ServiceSpend page2019/06 - 2022/06Data easy to access. Not up to date. Data quality is usually good.
HMRCHM Revenue and CustomsSpend page2011/01 - 2023/01Data easy to access and up to date.
HMTHM TreasurySpend page2011/01 - 2022/01Data easy to access. Reasonably up to date. Very few records.
HOHome OfficeSpend page2011/01 - 2022/12Egregious reluctance to publish spend data in the past. Now much im...
MODMinistry of DefenceSpend page2011/01 - 2022/12Data easy to access. Reasonably up to date. Data quality is usually...
MOJMinistry of JusticeSpend page2011/01 - 2022/06Not up to date. Improved download page but no overall collection pa...

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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)

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Relevant links:

Ministerial Statement re government accountability and transparency (14 Dec 2017)opens in new window

Prime Minister's memo to Cabinet colleagues re government transparency and open data (14 Dec 2017)opens in new window

Central Government IT news from Government Computing opens in new window

List of central government Departments, Agencies, Public Bodies etc opens in new window

Notes on Central Gov spend data

Whitehall Monitor 2017 report from the Institute of Government - criticism of poor transparency in central gov spending data. opens in new window