What we spend and how we spend it

The Information Commissioner receives an annual grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Justice to fund the costs of his office in undertaking his statutory duties in respect of freedom of information. Data protection statutory duties are funded from the annual notification fees collected from data controllers.

Income

Our data protection functions are funded by the notification fee and we monitor the fee income each month:

• Notification fee income graph 
• Fee income report (pdf) 
• Fee income report (csv) 

Expenditure

Payments by the ICO for goods and services costing over £25,000, listed by financial year:

• 2011-12 payments (pdf) 
• 2011-12 payments (csv)

Expenditure reports are produced monthly and show each ICO department's spending and budget for the financial year.

• Expenditure report (pdf)
• Expenditure report (csv) 

Costs for specific projects:

• Cost schedule for the Data Protection Officer Conference 2011 

Guides for staff:

• Purchasing guide for staff
• Tendering guide for staff

Expenses

• Expense claims
• Government procurement cards 
• Expense claim guide to staff (including expenses, travel and subsistence rates payable to staff)

Pay and grading

• Pay details of the most senior staff
• Pay and grading at the ICO
• ICO job titles and job levels