Which councils are publishing their spending data and how are they doing it?
| Council | Data URL | Open licence? | Machine readable? | Start | End | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater London Authority | data | Yes | Yes | Apr 2008 | May 2010 | 03 Jul 2010 |
| Guildford | data | No | No | Apr 2009 | Apr 2010 | 03 Jul 2010 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | data | No | No | Jan 2010 | Mar 2010 | 03 Jul 2010 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | data | Yes | Yes | Apr 2010 | May 2010 | 22 Jul 2010 |
| Mole Valley | data | No | No | Apr 2009 | Apr 2010 | 03 Jul 2010 |
| Richmond upon Thames | data | No | Yes | May 2010 | May 2010 | 03 Jul 2010 |
| Spelthorne | data | No | No | Apr 2009 | Apr 2010 | 03 Jul 2010 |
| Uttlesford | data | No | Yes | Apr 2010 | May 2010 | 11 Jul 2010 |
| Waverley | data | No | No | Apr 2009 | Apr 2010 | 03 Jul 2010 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | data | Yes | Yes | Jan 2009 | Mar 2010 | 03 Jul 2010 |
If your council is publishing spending data please be aware of the guidance from Open Government Data and the Local Public Data Panel. You can ask questions and get support in the Local Open Data Community on Communities of Practice for Local Government (approved registration required.)
| Data URL | A web page that links to the various downloadable data files. |
| Open licence? | If Yes, the council is explicitly stating an open licence which allows people to use and republish the data, including for commercial purposes. Councils that don't have an open licence could follow Windsor and Maidenhead's example and adopt the data.gov.uk licence. An open licence is essential to enable the maximum use of this data and allow it to be combined with data from other councils to enable comparisons and benchmarking. |
| Machine readable? | The data needs to be able to be pulled directly into a database or spreadsheet from the web, not just visible as a web page or document. Acceptable formats include CSV, JSON and XML. Unacceptable formats include PDF and Word documents which can't be directly loaded as data into another program. It is also unacceptable to use a word-verification CAPTCHA to prevent automated downloads. |
| Start | The start of the period for which spending data is published. |
| End | The end of the period for which spending data is published. |
| Updated | The date on which this scoreboard data was updated for this council. If you are concerned that your own council's data is out of date here, please get in touch. |