Local Government Transparency Code 2015
In October 2014 the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government issued the first Local Government Transparency Code. This was updated the following year to Local government transparency code 2015 - GOV.UK.
The Code sets out the minimum data and information that all Local Authorities must publish, the frequency it should be published and how it should be published. The full documents can be accessed via the GOV.UK website.
The following information sets out links to the mandatory data and information that the Council is required to publish quarterly, annually and only once. This page will be updated in line with the statutory deadlines.
Information which must be published quarterly
| Information to be Published | How are you showing compliance |
|---|---|
| Publish details of each individual item of expenditure that exceeds £500 | Publication of payments over £500 |
| Publish details of every transaction on a Government Procurement Card | Information was previously published and is currently being updated |
| Publish details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000 | Status of Procurement Processes |
| Local authorities must publish their Constitution on their website | Constitution |
| Local authorities must publish details of their existing waste collection contracts | Status of Procurement Processes |
Information which must be published annually
| Information to be Published | How are you showing compliance |
|---|---|
| Publish details of all land and building assets | Property asset data |
| Publish details of all grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations | Currently awaiting latest position. |
| Publish an organisation chart covering staff in the top three levels of the organisation | Senior Officers job descriptions |
| Publish total number of staff who are union representatives, total number of union representatives who devote at least 50% of their time to union duties, names of all trade unions represented in the local authority, a basic estimate of spending on unions, and a basic estimate of spending on unions as a percentage of the total pay bill | Staff representation |
| Publish a breakdown of income and expenditure on the authority’s parking account and a breakdown of how the authority has spent a surplus on its parking account | Parking annual report |
| Publish the number of marked out controlled on and off-street parking spaces within their area, or an estimate of the number of spaces where controlled parking space is not marked out in individual parking bays or spaces | Car parks and on-street parking |
| In relation to senior salaries Local authorities must place a link on their website | Senior Officers job descriptions |
| Publish the pay multiple on their website defined as the ratio between the highest taxable earnings for the given year and the median earnings figure of the whole of the authority’s workforce | The Pay Policy Statement is published each year as part of the annual budget setting process |
| Publish the number of occasions they use powers under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 2014, or similar powers, total number of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud, total number of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists, total amount spent by the authority on the investigation and prosecution of fraud, and total number of fraud cases investigated | Fraud affecting London Borough of Bexley |