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Department for International Development Quarterly Data Summary

This series brings together all documents relating to DFID's Quarterly Data Summary spends.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 3 June 2013
• Last updated: 24 January 2014 — See all updates

Quarterly Data Summary (QDS)

Under the QDS framework departments’ 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 2012/13 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 and by transaction. At the moment this data is published by individual departments in Excel format, however, in the future the intention is to make this data available centrally through an online application.

Over time we will be making further improvements to the quality of the data and its timeliness. We expect that with time this process will allow the public to better understand the performance of each department and government operations in a meaningful way.

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 any caveats noted in each 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. Further information on DFID’s spend can be found in DFID’s Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 and Statistics on International Development 2012.

Further details on the definitions of data included within the QDS are available on the Cabinet Office website under Common Areas of Spend.

See our Quarterly Data Summary on data.gov.uk .

2013

• Business plan quarterly data summary (QDS): April to June 2012-13.
  • 3 December 2012
  • Corporate report
• Business Plan quarterly data summary - April to June 2012-2013
  • 3 June 2013
  • Transparency data
• Businss Plan quarterly data summary - January to March 2012-2013
  • 3 June 2013
  • Corporate report

2012

• Business Plan quarterly data summary - October to December 2011-2012
  • 3 June 2013
  • Transparency data
• Business Plan Quarterly Data Summary - July to September 2011-2012
  • 3 June 2013
  • Transparency data
• Business Plan quarterly data summary - April to June 2011-2012
  • 3 June 2013
  • Transparency data
• Business plan quarterly data summary (QDS): April 2012
  • 4 May 2012
  • Transparency data
• Structural reform plan monthly implementation update: February 2012
  • 9 March 2012
  • Corporate report
• Business Plan quarterly data summary - January to March 2011-2012
  • 3 June 2013
  • Transparency data
• Business plan quarterly data summary (QDS): January to March 2011-12
  • 24 October 2011
  • Transparency data
• Business plan quarterly data summary (QDS): measurement annex
  • 13 July 2012
  • Transparency data

2011

• Business plan quarterly data summary (QDS): October 2011
  • 24 October 2011
  • Transparency data

Published 3 June 2013
Last updated 24 January 2014 + show all updates

1. 24 January 2014

   Headings added

2. 3 June 2013

   First published.