As part of the Smarter Government initiative, data.gov.uk is seeking to make government data available in open formats for people to re-use.

Defra is supporting this initiative through the publication of non-personal data from the agricultural and environmental domains. More information is available at http://data.gov.uk.

This page lists the datasets which are currently hosted on or available via the Defra website as follows:

• Financial data
• Ministers’ hospitality, gifts, meetings, overseas travel
• Management Committee business costs and hospitality
• Permanent Secretary’s meetings with external organisations
• Staffing and salaries
• Statistics etc

Financial data

Monthly-updated lists of all financial transactions spending over £25,000 are available as follows:

• Defra
• Animal Health
• Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
• Commission for Rural Communities
• Consumer Council for Water
• Environment Agency
• Food and Environment Research Agency
• Gangmasters Licensing Authority
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Marine Management Organisation
• National Forest Company
• Natural England
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Rural Payments Agency
• Sea Fish Industry Authority
• Sustainable Development Commission
• Veterinary Laboratories Agency
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate

See also:

Ministers’ hospitality, gifts, meetings, overseas travel

Management Committee business costs and hospitality

Permanent Secretary’s meetings with external organisations

Staffing and salaries

Monthly management information on staff numbers and paybill costs in Defra, agencies and executive NDPBs is also available:

• Workforce Management Information

These figures are not official statistics. They are internal workforce management information published in the interests of transparency. These figures have not been reconciled centrally with any National Statistics, which means there may be differences between the monthly information and National Statistics. The ONS quarterly public sector employment statistics provide an official headline measure for comparing the overall size of employment in central government organisations with other sectors of the economy at the relevant quarterly reference point. Given the wide range of organisations covered, caution should be exercised when drawing inferences from the figures and care should be taken when making comparisons between organisations.

Statistics etc