Transparency
The Government has published ‘The Code of Recommended Practice for Local Authorities on Data Transparency’ which effectively recommends parish councils which have a gross annual income or expenditure (whichever is the higher) of a least £200,000 to publish ‘Public Data’.
The Code of Recommended Practice for local authorities is to provide greater transparency of public bodies, which is at the heart of their mandate to enable greater democratic accountability over how council tax and public money is spent. However, Public Data does not include personal information as this would contravene the Data Protection Act 2018.
In accordance with the Code of Recommended Practice and general good practice, Haydon Wick Parish Council makes the following information available:
Expenditure exceeding £500
Haydon Wick Parish Council decided to publish all payments, regardless of their limit, every month.
Procurement Information
Details of any contracts, commissioned activity, purchase orders, framework agreement or any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000 to follow.
Local Authority Land
Details of our land and building assets to follow.
Social Housing Asset Value
Local authorities must publish details on the value of social housing assets within local authorities Housing Revenue Account. This must be published annually.
The Parish Council does not hold any Social Housing Assets.
Grants to Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations
All grants approved by Haydon Wick Parish Council to follow. Visit the Grants section for further details of our grants and an application form.
Trade Union Facility Time
The Parish Council does not have any Trade Union representatives.
Parking Account
Local authorities must publish on their website, or place a link on their website to this data if published elsewhere: 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. This must be published annually.
The Parish Council does not have a parking account.
Parking Spaces
Local authorities must 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. This must be published annually.
The Parish Council does not have any parking spaces.
Senior Salaries
The Parish Council is required to publish details of any senior employees (including job descriptions, responsibilities, budgets, and number of staff) earning over £58,200 per annum. This must be published annually.
No Parish Council members of staff earn over £58,200.
Constitution
Local authorities must publish their Constitution on their website. This must be published annually. All the Parish Council policies and procedures are available in the Council Policies section.
Pay Multiple
Publish the pay multiple on their website defined as the ratio between the highest taxable earnings for the given year (including base salary, variable pay, bonuses, allowances and the cash value of any benefits-in-kind) and the median earnings figure of the whole of the authority’s workforce (available soon). This must be published annually.
Salary scales for roles are detailed below. The Council uses The National Joint Council for Local Government Services pay scales.
Parish Clerk | LC3/4 |
Deputy Clerk | LC2 |
Head of Parks & Open Spaces | LC2 |
Deputy RFO | LC2 |
Community Development Officer | LC2 |
All Other Staff | LC1 or below Minimum SCP 3 |
Fraud
Local authorities must publish information about any counter fraud work.
The Parish Council do not have any current fraud cases.
Waste Contracts
Local authorities must publish details of their existing waste collection contracts at the point they first publish quarterly contract information. This is a one-off publication.
Our waste transfer note can be found below.