Revenue from contracts with customers and purchase of goods and services

FOI reference: FOI-2024-1938

You asked

Can you please provide a breakdown / detail of the accounts items listed in your annual report under

1. Revenue from contracts with customers
2. Purchase of goods and services

for each of the last three years.

We said

Thank you for your request.

Revenue from contracts with customers

Revenue generated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) from contracts with customers is broken down by the following categories for the last 3 financial years. Please see the associated download. 

Our customers are predominantly other government departments, who make up 98% of the revenue generated over the 3 years 2020/21 to 2022/23.

Purchase of goods and services 

The category of goods and services purchased can be found in note 4 to the accounts (Programme Costs) within each published UKSA Annual Report and Accounts: 

• 2022/23 (page 139): UK Statistics Authority Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 
• 2021/22 (page 136): UKSA Annual Report and Accounts 2022 (statisticsauthority.gov.uk) 
• 2020/21 (page 139): UK Statistics Authority Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 

We also publish monthly reports that details payments of £25,000 and over that have been made to our suppliers. The information contained within these reports will inform readers of the supplier’s name, payment amounts, and description of the goods or services purchased.  

To access these reports please follow this link: Payments to suppliers over £25,000 - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)