HM Treasury guidance requires the SFA to publish expenditure (payments) over £25,000. The details of all expenditure are published in an easy access format (csv) for each month. The files contain the following information required by HM Treasury:
- date of payment
- expense type (for example, stationery and water)
- expense area (for example, human resources)
- the payee
- transaction number
- value of the payment
- description
Where the item has more than one expense type and/or expense area, there is a line devoted to each, but these related lines share the same transaction number.
You can calculate the original transaction’s total by adding lines with the same transaction number. Typical transactions are purchase invoices, funding allocations, staff expenses and bank charges.
Despite being exempt, summarised payroll information is also included.