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Home | Your council | Transparency agenda | Payments to Suppliers Information

Payments to Suppliers Information

Last updated: 02 May 2012 11:36

The data provided about payments to suppliers in the reports on this page has been extracted from the City Council’s financial accounting system but also includes payments made outside of the system via CHAPS (CHAPS is an electronic, bank to bank payment system that guarantees same business day payment ).The report shows details of all payments of £500 or more paid within the calendar month indicated. Reports will be published on a monthly basis, we will do this no later than one month from the end of the period being reported.

The data includes all payments to suppliers for goods or services (excluding schools) regardless of the source of funding, i.e. not all of the expenditure represents a direct cost to the Council Tax payer; some will be funded from the rents paid by Housing tenants or from specific grants & contributions.

The data shown represents the original posting of the transaction and does not reflect any subsequent correction. 

Use or re-use of this data.

You are free to use or re-use this published data under the same terms as the Open Government Licence.

Explanation of Payments to Suppliers report.

The data is presented showing the Service Area, Service Division and Expense Type for each transaction in accordance with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountability Service Reporting Accounting Code of Practice (SeRCOP). This is the recognised format for the publication of local authority accounts which ensures consistency and comparability of data between public sector organisations.  The categorisation shown as Responsible Unit and Detail Expense type represent the City Council’s own internal classification of the expenditure.

If we make payments to individuals or sole traders, as a precaution we remove the supplier names to ensure we comply with the Data Protection Act. The report columns and values are explained in more detail in the Payments to Suppliers Report explanation document.

What if I want to ask a question about the data included in the reports?

If you want to ask us a question about the reports shown on this page please use the link below and complete the form with your details and your question.
Send a question about Payment Transparency Reports

Associated Documents with effect from September 2011

Associated documents:

Payments to Suppliers Report Explanation Document  (0.02 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report December 2010 (pdf)  (15.37 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report December 2010 (csv)  (2.85 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report January 2011 (pdf)  (7.77 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report January 2011 (csv)  (1.74 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report February 2011 (pdf)  (9.48 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report February 2011 (csv)  (2.24 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report March 2011 (pdf)  (8.76 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report March 2011 (csv)  (2.45 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report April 2011 (pdf)  (9.16 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report April 2011 (csv)  (2.49 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report May 2011 (pdf)  (6.69 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report May 2011 (csv)  (1.86 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report June 2011 (pdf)  (7.68 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report June 2011 (csv)  (2.08 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report July 2011 (pdf)  (6.89 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report July 2011 (csv)  (1.85 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report August 2011 (pdf)  (7.05 MB) Payments to Suppliers Report August 2011 (csv)  (1.81 MB)