UK Public Services Dashboard
The full RFTUK directory of public-service transparency hubs, official services, public bodies, spending, procurement, Parliament, law, data and accountability.
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PUBLIC-SERVICES TRANSPARENCY
Follow the Money, Decisions and Results
This is the transparency front door for public services. Use it to trace who is responsible, what public money is being spent on, what decisions have been made, what contracts and grants exist, what statistics show, and what trials, projects or evaluations are under way.
Scope: this page is about transparency for public services and public money. Campaign material is kept separate. The detailed UK Public Services & Transparency Dashboard is the main directory and this page links into it throughout.
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The Main Transparency Routes
These routes cover the core things the public should be able to examine: services, spending, contracts, decisions, statistics, performance, projects, research and accountability.
Government Spending, FOI & Reports
Public expenditure, departmental reports, FOI material, spending records and routes into official government transparency data.
Open spending hubHM Treasury Transparency
Public spending, departmental budgets, borrowing, debt, OSCAR data, PESA and fiscal information.
Open Treasury hubProcurement & Outsourcing
Public contracts, suppliers, procurement notices, outsourcing and contract-management transparency.
Open procurement hubDecision-Making & Governance
How public decisions are made, documented, scrutinised and linked to legislation, consultations and official records.
Open decisions hubPublic Experiments, Trials & Research
Public-sector pilots, trials, experiments, evaluation evidence and routes for checking what was tested and what was learned.
Open experiments hubRegulators & Inspectors
Find public-service regulators, inspectors, ombudsman routes and accountability bodies.
Open regulators hubAssets & Infrastructure
Public land, buildings, infrastructure, major programmes, ownership and management information.
Open assets hubAll UK Public Sector Bodies
A broad route into departments, agencies, public bodies and the principles used to examine accountability.
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PUBLIC MONEY
What the Public Pays For
Public spending is spread across departments, benefits, health, councils, defence, transport, grants, contracts, salaries, projects, subsidies, infrastructure and many other programmes. These routes help trace the money from high-level totals down to individual published transactions and contracts.
HM Treasury — Public Spending Statistics
Accredited official statistics covering spending by department, function and economic category. The July 2026 release includes the first estimate of 2025–26 outturn.
Open July 2026 releasePublic Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026
HM Treasury's annual detailed analysis of public expenditure, budgets, functions and spending trends.
Open PESA 2026OSCAR II — In-Year Spending Data
HM Treasury's September 2026 transparency release provides the first quarterly OSCAR dataset for 2026–27.
Open OSCAR dataONS — Public Sector Finances
Monthly UK borrowing, receipts, expenditure, debt and wider public-sector finance measures.
Open ONS public financesGovernment Grants Data
Official statistics and award data for government grants, including the annual grants register.
Open grants dataUK Subsidy Database
Search subsidies and subsidy schemes awarded by UK public authorities, including the authority, beneficiary, purpose and published amount where required.
Search UK subsidies
CONTRACTS, SUPPLIERS & PAYMENTS
Track Procurement and Outsourcing
Public money also moves through contracts, suppliers, consultants, outsourced services, frameworks, grants and major capital programmes. Use the procurement lifecycle and departmental spending datasets together.
Find a Tender
The central digital platform for regulated UK public procurement notices and contract information.
Open Find a TenderContracts Finder
Search public-sector contract opportunities and award information covered by the service.
Open Contracts FinderHome Office Spending £25,000+
Monthly transparency data showing published Home Office transactions over £25,000.
Open Home Office spendDWP Spending £25,000+
Departmental spending over £25,000, published monthly by DWP.
Open DWP spendCabinet Office Spending £25,000+
Cabinet Office transparency data for expenditure over £25,000.
Open Cabinet Office spendHMRC Spending £25,000+
Published HMRC transaction data for departmental expenditure over £25,000.
Open HMRC spendGovernment Major Projects
Portfolio data and annual reporting for major projects and programmes receiving central oversight.
Open major-project dataCentral Government Transparency Data
Official guidance and routes covering spending, contracts, organisation charts, senior salaries and other departmental transparency datasets.
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CURRENT OFFICIAL SNAPSHOT
Selected Latest UK Public-Service Evidence
These are selected current headline releases, not a substitute for the full datasets. Open the source for definitions, geography, revisions and methodology.
DEPARTMENTS & PUBLIC BODIES
Follow the Responsible Organisation
For each issue, identify the responsible department, agency, NHS body, council, regulator or other public authority, then examine its publications, spending, statistics, contracts, decisions and annual accounts.
Cabinet Office
Cross-government functions, Civil Service, procurement, public bodies, evaluation and central transparency.
Open Cabinet OfficeHome Office
Policing, crime, borders, immigration, security and related spending and statistics.
Open Home OfficeHM Treasury
Public spending, budgets, fiscal policy, debt, departmental spending control and public finance data.
Open HM TreasuryDWP
Benefits, pensions, employment support, Child Maintenance and departmental spending and research.
Open RFTUK DWP areaDHSC & NHS
Health policy, NHS performance, spending, waiting times, annual accounts, workforce and care data.
Open health transparencyHMRC
Tax, customs, revenue, compliance, departmental spending and official statistics.
Open RFTUK HMRC areaMinistry of Justice
Courts, prisons, probation, legal aid, justice statistics, spending and contracts.
Open justice transparencyDepartment for Education
Schools, SEND, further and higher education, funding, outcomes and education statistics.
Open RFTUK education areaDepartment for Transport
Roads, rail, public transport, infrastructure, projects, contracts and transport statistics.
Open DfTHousing & Local Government
Local government finance, housing, homelessness, planning, regeneration and council data.
Open council transparencyDEFRA
Environment, farming, food, water, waste, flooding, rural policy and environmental statistics.
Open DEFRAEnergy & Net Zero
Energy policy, subsidies, major projects, infrastructure and energy statistics.
Open DESNZMinistry of Defence
Defence spending, procurement, projects, personnel, equipment and published statistics.
Open MODForeign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Diplomacy, overseas development, aid spending, programmes, contracts and transparency.
Open FCDOBusiness & Trade
Business policy, trade, subsidies, investment, regulation and departmental programmes.
Open DBTCulture, Media & Sport
Culture, sport, charities, media, digital programmes, grants and arm's-length bodies.
Open DCMS
DECISIONS, POLICY & LAW
See How Decisions Were Made
Transparency is not only the final announcement. Check legislation, consultations, impact assessments, business cases, committee evidence, departmental publications, ministerial and board decisions, and the evidence used to justify spending.
UK Parliament
Committees, inquiries, debates, bills, evidence and scrutiny of departments and public policy.
Open ParliamentLegislation.gov.uk
The official source for UK primary and secondary legislation.
Open legislationPolicy Papers & Consultations
Search government consultations, strategies and policy papers.
Search policy & consultationsResearch & Statistics
Search official government research, evaluations, statistics and analytical publications.
Search research & statistics
PILOTS, TRIALS, EXPERIMENTS & EVALUATIONS
Track What Government Is Testing
No single dataset covers every experiment run by every UK public body. For central government, the Evaluation Registry, departmental research, major-project data, consultations and published evaluations provide the strongest combined route.
Government Evaluation Registry
Public repository for planned, live and completed central-government evaluations.
Open registryEvaluation Task Force
Cross-government evaluation standards, strategy and evidence on whether programmes work and provide value for money.
Open ETFMagenta Book 2026
Central government guidance on evaluating policies, programmes and projects, including test-and-learn approaches.
Open Magenta BookMajor Projects Portfolio
Current major projects plus annual reporting, delivery confidence and cost/benefit information.
Open major projectsRFTUK Public Experiments Hub
RFTUK directory bringing together public-sector trials, experiments, research and accountability material.
Open experiments hubGovernment Research Search
Find published evaluations, pilot reports, research studies and analytical reports across departments.
Search GOV.UK researchPolicy Consultations
Find proposals and consultations before and during policy change, including evidence and responses.
Open consultationsGovernment AI & Algorithms
RFTUK hub for automated decision-making, algorithms, public-sector AI and accountability.
Open AI hub
ALL FOUR UK NATIONS
Transparency Beyond UK Central Government
Public services are delivered through UK-wide, devolved and local systems. Check the correct nation and authority because responsibility, funding and reporting can differ.
UK / England
GOV.UK departments, Parliament, ONS, NHS England, local government and central procurement.
Open GOV.UK organisationsScotland
Scottish Government publications, statistics, procurement transparency and public-body reporting.
Open Scottish procurement transparencyWales
Welsh Government publications plus Sell2Wales contract and open-procurement data.
Open Sell2WalesNorthern Ireland
Northern Ireland departments, finance and procurement routes including eTendersNI-supported procurement.
Open NI procurement
AUDIT, REGULATION & VALUE FOR MONEY
Who Checks the Public Sector?
Use audit bodies, regulators, inspectors, information commissioners, ombudsman routes and parliamentary scrutiny alongside the underlying departmental records.
National Audit Office
Independent audit and value-for-money work on UK central government spending and public services.
Open NAOOffice for Budget Responsibility
Independent economic and fiscal forecasts, analysis and assessment of the public finances.
Open OBRInformation Commissioner's Office
Information rights, Freedom of Information, data protection and enforcement.
Open ICOPublic Service Regulators & Inspectors Hub
Find official service-specific regulators, inspectors and accountability bodies.
Open regulators hub
HOW TO READ THE EVIDENCE
Keep the Source, Period and Population Clear
Statistics and transparency records can cover different nations, dates, organisations and accounting periods. Do not treat a partial dataset as if it represents the whole UK or the current position.
Official source
Identify the department, authority, regulator, auditor, court, Parliament source or official statistics producer.
Time period
Record the publication date and the period the data actually covers.
Population & geography
Check whether figures apply to the UK, Great Britain, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or a local area.
Revisions & definitions
Check methodology, revisions, exclusions and whether the measure changed over time.
RFTUK standard: the official evidence should remain distinguishable from RFTUK explanation or analysis. Where a conclusion is drawn, the underlying source should be easy to open and check.
Public Money Should Be Traceable
From a national spending total to a departmental payment, contract, grant, project, decision, statistic or evaluation, this transparency hub is designed to help readers follow the evidence back to the public record.