Local authorities must publish details of each individual item of expenditure that exceeds £500. This includes items of expenditure, consistent with Local Government Association guidance, such as:

• individual invoices
• grant payments
• expense payments
• payments for goods and services
• grants
• grant in aid
• rent
• credit notes over £500, and
• transactions with other public bodies

For each individual item of expenditure the following information must be published:

• date the expenditure was incurred
• local authority department which incurred the expenditure
• beneficiary
• summary of the purpose of the expenditure
• amount
• Value Added Tax that cannot be recovered, and
• merchant category (e.g. computers, software etc)

Reports for payments to suppliers over £500

We publish reports for payments we make to suppliers over £500. We do this as part of our commitment to be open, honest and transparent.

You can expect to see our spending reports by the 25th of each month.

This data is freely re-usable under the Open Government Licence.

Supplier expenditure reports

Before we publish the spending data, we review it carefully. Sometimes, we can't share payments to specific individuals and suppliers due to the Data Protection Act. When this happens, we use "Redacted Personal Data" or "Redacted Commercial Data" instead of their names.

Procurement card transactions

We must publish all procurement card transactions as part of the Local Government Transparency code 2015.

• April 2026 Procurement card spend [XLSX, 14Kb]