Transparency of public information

The Government has a clear commitment to greater transparency of public information. The information is intended to provide the public with data that they can see the value they are getting for their money and hold the Government to account for it.

Names, grades, job titles and annual pay rates for most senior civil servants and NDPB official with salaries higher than the lowest permissible in Pay Band 2 of the SCS pay scale;

As at 30 September 2011

Previous datasets as at 31 March 2011

Previous datasets as at 30 June 2010

Transparency on payments

As part of the Transparency Agenda central government bodies are obliged to publish all payments over £25,000. The Intellectual Property Office has decided to publish the data on all payments regardless of size.

The information is based on payment date and published in monthly comma delimited files. Each record is made up of standard fields which are used across all Departments.

These are:

  • Department family - The Department for Business, Innovation and skills;
  • Entity - The Intellectual Property Office;
  • Date - Payment date;
  • Expense type - Type of expenditure from our the accounting system;
  • Expense area - The area of the Office paying for the expense;
  • Supplier - The supplier of the goods or services;
  • Transaction number - A reference to identify the transaction;
  • Amount - The amount in pounds;
  • VAT registration number - Supplier number not published.
Table of data files containing deatails of all payments made by the office. Read across the first row to find the publication years and down a column to find the data files by month.
2012 2011 2010
January January April
February February May
March March June
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Prompt payment of supplier invoices

In line with Government guidelines issued at the beginning of 2009, the Intellectual Property Office is required to pay 80% of all It's undisputed supplier invoices within 5 days of receipt. This is to ensure good practice and cash flow is kept between us and our suppliers.

Table containing details of supplier invoices paid during each reporting month. Read down the first column to find the relevant month and then across a row to find the number of invoices paid during the month, those paid within 3 working days, those paid over 3 working days, the number disputed and the percentage of the total paid within 3 working days.
Reporting month Invoices paid during month Iinvoices paid within 3 working days or less Invoices paid over 3 working days Disputed invoices Percentage paid within 3 days
April 2011  652 573 79 0 87.88%
May 2011 746 659 87 0 88.34%
June 2011 634 530 104 0 83.60%
July 2011 717 678 39 0 94.56%
August 2011 563 507 56 0 90.05%
September 2011 595 509 86 0 85.55%
October 2011 807 657 150 0 81.41%
November 2011 878 752 126 0 85.65%
December 2011 831 703 128 0 84.60%
January 2012 720 590 130 0 81.94%
February 2012 965 846 119 0 87.67%
March 2012 1133 1020 113 0 90.03%

 
Further information on the Transparency Agenda and other organisations can be found at www.data.gov.uk External Link.