Local Government Transparency

http://www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/transparency/transparencyguidance/

12. As a minimum, the public data that should be released are:

• Expenditure over £500, (including costs, supplier and transaction information). Any sole trader or body acting in a business capacity in receipt of payments of at least £500 of public money should expect such payments to be transparent.

• Senior employee salaries, names (with the option for individuals to refuse to consent for their name to be published), job descriptions, responsibilities, budgets and numbers of staff. ‘Senior employee salaries’ is defined as all salaries which are above £58,200 and above (irrespective of post), which is the Senior Civil Service minimum pay band. Budgets should include the overall salary cost of staff reporting to each senior employee.

• An organisational chart of the staff structure of the local authority including salary bands and details of currently vacant posts.

• The ‘pay multiple’ – the ratio between the highest paid salary and the median average salary of the whole of the authority’s workforce.

• Councillor allowances and expenses.

• Copies of contracts and tenders to businesses and to the voluntary community and social enterprise sector.

• Grants to the voluntary community and social enterprise sector should be clearly itemised and listed.

• Policies, performance, external audits and key inspections and key indicators on the authorities’ fiscal and financial position.

• The location of public land and building assets and key attribute information that is normally recorded on asset registers and

• Data of democratic running of the local authority including the constitution, election results, committee minutes, decision - making processes and records of decisions.