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What data is expected?

National government budget at a high level. This category is looking at budgets, or the planned government expenditure for the upcoming year, and not the actual expenditure. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

• Planned budget divided by government department and sub-department
• Updated once a year.
• The budget should include descriptions regarding the different budget sections.

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes(as Budgets - The Minister presents Government’s expenditure and revenue estimates for parliamentary approval at the start of each financial year (April to March of the following year). published by Ministry of Finance and Planning)
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

Data including budgets, budget memoranda, presentations to parliament and revenue measures are all available from the site. There is no clear license within the PDF documents and a copyright (all rights reserved) statement on the website itself.

Data is in pdf format and not machine readable. Estimates by department can be found here - http://www.mof.gov.jm/budgets/estimates-of-revenue-expenditure/file/935-estimates-of-revenue-and-expenditure-for-the-year-ending-march-2015.html

Reviewer comments

I have review the data and it is correct.