DfT: business plan quarterly data summary (QDS)
A quarterly snapshot on how each department is spending its budget, the results it has achieved and how it is deploying its workforce.
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Under the new quarterly data summary (QDS) framework departments鈥� spending data is published every quarter; to show the taxpayer how the government is spending their money.
The QDS grew out of commitments made in the 2011 Budget and the written ministerial statement on business plans. For the financial year 2012 to 2013 the QDS has been revised and improved in line with action 9 of the Civil Service Reform Plan to provide a common set of data that will enable comparisons of operational performance across government so that departments and individuals can be held to account.
The QDS breaks down the total spend of the department in 3 ways:
- by budget
- by internal operation
- by transaction.
The QDS template is the same for all departments, though the individual detail of grants and policy will differ from department to department. In using this data:
- people should ensure they take full note of the caveats noted in each department鈥檚 return
- as the improvement of the QDS is an ongoing process data quality and completeness will be developed over time and therefore necessary caution should be applied to any comparative analysis undertaken
Please note that the quarter 1 2012 to 2013 return for the Department of Transport (DfT) is for the core department only.
April 2012
Quarterly data summaries for April 2012 are as follows:
- (XLS, 49KB), April 2012
- (PDF, 80KB), April 2012
- (XLS, 94KB), April 2012
- (PDF, 391KB), April 2012
January 2012
Quarterly data summaries for January 2012 are as follows:
- (XLS, 114KB), January 2012
- (PDF, 95KB), January 2012
- (XLS, 450KB), January 2012
- (PDF, 394KB), January 2012
October 2011
Quarterly data summaries for October 2011 are as follows:
- (XLS, 171KB), October 2011
- (PDF, 116KB), October 2011
- (XLS, 63KB), October 2011
- (PDF, 394KB), October 2011
July 2011
Quarterly data summaries for July 2011 are as follows:
- (XLS, 56KB), July 2011
- (PDF, 86KB), July 2011
- (XLS, 62KB), July 2011
- (PDF, 83KB), July 2011
Further information
This data is also available from
Updates to this page
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QDS for quarter 1 2012/2013 added
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First published.