Purchase Card Transactions

Under the Code of Recommended Practice for Local Authorities on Data Transparency, councils are encouraged to publish all corporate purchase card transactions.This dataset contains all of Birmingham City Councils relevant expenditure of more than £500 within our Payments to Suppliers, and will continue to do so. However, in the spirit of the Code, the Council started publishing all purchase card transactions, regardless of value. The information will be published monthly.As with our payments to suppliers, we aim to be as transparent as we can, but in some cases we will need to respect information that could be seen as commercially sensitive or where the payment relates to vulnerable young people or adults. In these cases information is withheld as it is personal data. For further information about personal data, please see https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/foi.If you require further information about any of the payments, please contact [e-mail] setting out the details of the payment and what additional information you require. Such request will be handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the Council aims to be able to provide a response to your query within 20 working days.Data shown is from April 2021 onwards due to the data from pervious periods missing elements. Directorates may appear multiple times with different naming due to internal changes.Transaction Tax Description Abbreviations:AbbreviationExplanationVRStandard Rate VAT Expenditure (20%)VCVAT Requiring Authenticated VAT Receipt (20%)VZZero Rate VAT Expenditure (0%)VLLow Rate VAT Expenditure (5%)VFReduce VAT Rate (12.5%)VEExempt from VAT Expenditure