Official transparency data

Department for Education: spending & suppliers

Department for Education has £192,085,011,053 of tracked spend across 520,295 published payments to 14,956 suppliers, from Jul 2024 to Mar 2026.

£192bn
tracked public spend
520k
payment transactions
14,956
suppliers paid
268
contracts expiring (12m)

Top suppliers by tracked spend

The largest recipients of Department for Education’s published payments.

1Student Loans Company Ltd£35bn
2The Office For Students£2.6bn
3Hampshire County Council£2.1bn
4Lancashire County Council£2.1bn
5Kent County Council£2.0bn

See all 14,956 suppliers

14,951 more suppliers, each incumbent’s payment history and run-rate, spend trends over time, and the 268 contracts expiring in the next 12 months — inside PSIP.

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Engage Department for Education before the tender

By the time a contract is advertised, the incumbent has often been in the buyer’s ear for months. Knowing what Department for Education spends, who holds their contracts and what is about to expire lets you build the relationship first — where bids are won. Inside PSIP you get the full supplier picture, incumbent payment histories and alerts the moment things move.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Department for Education spend?

Department for Education has £192,085,011,053 of tracked spend across 520,295 published payments to 14,956 suppliers, covering Jul 2024 to Mar 2026. These figures come from Department for Education’s own transparency publications under the Open Government Licence.

Who are Department for Education’s biggest suppliers?

The largest suppliers by tracked payment value are shown above. The complete supplier list — all 14,956 of them, with each supplier’s full payment history and monthly run-rate — is available inside PSIP.

How many Department for Education contracts are expiring?

Department for Education has 268 contracts with an end date in the next 12 months in our records. Which specific contracts, who holds them and what they are worth is inside PSIP — the moment a contract nears expiry is the moment to engage the buyer.

Where does this Department for Education spending data come from?

From Department for Education itself. UK public bodies are required to publish their payments to suppliers. PSIP ingests those official publications, normalises the formats and matches suppliers against the Companies House register, so every figure traces back to a source publication — nothing is estimated.

Figures aggregated from Department for Education’s official transparency publications under the Open Government Licence, supplier-matched to Companies House. Covered period Jul 2024Mar 2026. See the full data coverage.