Transparency procurement card spend over £500
This is intended to help you understand and interpret the data published by the Home Office, its Agencies and NDPBs.
Background Information
The government procurement card (GPC) is a branded purchasing card, not a credit card.
It is provided through a framework agreement between Government Procurement Services (the national procurement partner for UK Public Services) and six card issuers. Barclay Card is the card issuer for Home Office.
GPC is an efficient solution specifically for low risk; low value purchases and enables government to buy from small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
GPC Key Benefits:
What are the benefits of GPC?
- access to data to help monitor spend and budgets more effectively
- reducing the number of invoices. Card transactions are consolidated and paid centrally, with no risk of interest charges
- saves money and delivers efficient processes
- electronic cardholder statements, supporting sustainability by reducing paper and resultant waste
What are the benefits of GPC to SMEs?
- prompt payments in line with government initiatives
- improved cash flow
- reduces bad debt and late payments
- reduced administrative costs
GPC policy and procedures:
Use of the GPC is governed by the Home Office Government Procurement Card Policy that is derived from the Central Government Procurement Card Policy.
NB: GPC is not permitted to purchase alternative goods or services which are available on Home Office contracts.
GPC Transparency
In support of the government's transparency agenda, the Home Office are publishing details of all transactions of £500 and over. The data published will include the:
- transaction posting date
- reference number
- merchant name and
- transaction amount
- data is published monthly, 2 months in arrears
Datasets
The datasets are available below in CSV format.
Date: Thu Oct 27 01:31:25 BST 2011
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - June 2012 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 5kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - May 2012 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 4kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - April 2012 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 5kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - March 2012 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 3kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - February 2012 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 5kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - January 2012 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 5kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - December 2011 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 14kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - November 2011 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 5kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - October 2011 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 5kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - September 2011 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 2kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - August 2011 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 3kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - July 2011 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 2kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - June 2011 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 7kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - May 2011 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 5kb)
- Home Office procurement card spend over £500 - April 2011 – CSV (Comma Separated Value file - 6kb)