About this application

In brief

This application brings together data published by the Department for Communities and Local Government, on its monthly payments over £500.

Data from the separate spreadsheets have been combined into a single list, and are stored in this Google Fusion Table.

The application then accesses that table via Google's Fusion Tables API. It utilises various visualisation tools and techniques to analyse and present the data, for you to explore and interact with.

How does it work then?

The first thing to notice is that you can explore data by:

• the "type" of money the Department has paid; and
• the Unit, or part of the Organisation who made the payment

The "type" of money is either OVERHEADS or GRANT - i.e. funds used to run the Department's day-to-day business, versus money the organisation pays to other third parties for them to do specific things.

Use the menus on the left hand-side of the screen to choose to explore data via the type of money spent, and Unit