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Prime Minister commits to publishing Government financial information
The Prime Minister David Cameron has committed to publishing key data on the performance of services the public use every day, including Government financial information.
This represents the most ambitious open data agenda of any government anywhere in the world.
Purchase and payment card providers will be worked with to provide a consistent method of reporting government procurement card spend data for transactions above £500 in value, so this is available for publication on departmental websites, from end September 2011.
In a letter to Cabinet colleagues, the Prime Minister said: "If our transparency focus over the past 12 months has been to open up core central government data in areas such as spending, our priority over the next year will be to release new data on the performance of public services."
Further information:
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