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Annual, quarterly or monthly publication

The policy guidelines for central government bodies dictate that spend data is published monthly by working day 15, after each month end for all departments, non-ministerial departments, agencies, NDPBs, Trading Funds, NHS bodies and Academies. Guidance on publishing frequency for local authorities is yet to be distributed.

Spend data can be published to spotlightonspend on either an annual, quarterly or monthly basis. Whatever publishing frequency you elect to implement we process the raw data in accordance with our Data Transformation Methodology.

Actively managed publication to www.data.gov.uk

spotlightonspend is a managed service which includes hosting of the download files as well as the online application used by the general public. We are actively engaged with the Cabinet Office and actively manage publication of your redacted and standardised ‘raw data’ to www.data.gov.uk in machine readable form.

Data published to data.gov.uk

"I'm really excited about the opportunities for transparency and it's something this government is utterly committed to. spotlightonspend demonstrates that, when innovative businesses work with far-sighted public bodies, we can inform the public, reduce costs and improve democracy both locally and nationally."

Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government.

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