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

Haydon Wick Parish Council publish all bank and credit card payments, regardless of their limit, every month. Monthly payment approvals can be found here: Finance & Audit | Haydon Wick Parish Council | Management of Council Finances and recent Credit Card payments can be found in either the monthly Full Council or bi-monthly Finance & Policy Committee meetings.  Contact the Chief Officer/Clerk & RFO if there is a specific payment month that you are interested in: clerk@haydonwick.gov.uk.

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.

2022/23 Invitations to Tenders:

2023/24 Invitations to Tender:

2025/26 Invitations to Tender:

Local Authority Land

Details of our land and building assets can be found in this document .

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.

For information relating to grants received prior to 2019/2020 please email the Chief Officer on clerk@haydonwick.gov.uk

Recipient

Amount

Financial Year

Minute Reference

Phoenix Enterprises (Assistance dog)

£1,000.00

2020/2021

FC028.1

Swindon Scrapstore

£500.00

2020/2021

FC 011 

BEST - Be A Better You

£2,450.00

2021/2022

CD 009 BEST

North Swindon Police 

£2,700.00

2021/2022

FP 138

TWIGS Community Gardens

£320.00

2021/2022

CD 0043A

Wiltshire Search & Rescue

£834.00

2021/2022

CD 0043B

North Swindon Police

£1,450.00

2021/2022

CD 0043C

AFC Haydon Vale

£3,000.00

2022/2023

CD 014B

ATBShop

£450.00

2022/2023

CD 096A

St Johns Ambulance

£500.00

2022/2023

CD 096B

Swindon Armed Forces & Veterans Club

£232.42

2022/2023

CD 096C

1st Greenmeadow Guides & Haydon Wick Rangers

£490.00

2022/23

CD140A

Kelly Foundation

£498.00

2022/23

CD140B

Tuesday Art Group Exhibition

£571.20

2022/23

CD140C

Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool

£1,000.00

2023/24

CD 011

Swindon & Cricklade Railway

£336.36

2023/24

CD 011

HeadStart Skills

£1,500.00

2023/24

CD 085.4

Uplands Enterprise

£500.00

2023/24

CD 085.4

Well Church Underground Youth Centre

£1,500.00

2023/24

CD 085.4

Connecting Communities

£500.00

2023/24

CD 085.4

Haydon Wick Bowls Club

£500.00

2023/24

CD 123

ATB Skate Shop

£500.00

2024/25

CD 015

Wiltshire Search & Rescue

£500.00

2024/25

CD 015

Prospect Hospice

£2,000.00

2024/25

CD 015

7th Swindon Scouts

£800.00

2024/25

CD054

Haydon Wick WI

£300..00

2024/25

CD054

Swindon Big Knit

£500.00

2024/25

CD054

The Tuesday Art Group

£603.20

2024/25

CD054

Torn Curtain

£499.00

2024/25

CD054

Green Meadow Guides

£352.50

2025/26

CD044 E

St Johns Ambulance

£500.00

2025/26

CD044 E

Sherni Counselling

£250.00

2025/26

CD044 E

Emmanuel Church

£500.00

2025/26

CD044 E

Organisation Chart

The Parish Council employs 23 members of staff.

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 £50,000 per annum. This must be published annually.

One member of staff receives a salary of over £50,000:
Chief Officer/Clerk & RFO salary £70,000 – £75,000 per annum.
Chief Officer Job Description
The Chief Officer/Clerk is also the Responsible Finance Officer, responsible for all budgets totalling £1,437,992.00 for 2025/26.
The Chief Officer is responsible for all 23 members of staff.

Constitution

Local authorities must publish their Constitution on their website. This must be published annually.

Please click here for all the Parish Council policies and procedures.

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. This must be published annually.

The pay multiple is currently 2.49

Salary scales for roles are detailed below. The Council uses The National Joint Council for Local Government Services pay scales.

Chief Officer/Clerk & RFO

LC4

Deputy Clerk/RFO & Services/HR Manager

LC3

Parks & Open Spaces Manager

LC2

Democratic & Governance Team

LC1 & LC2

Community Development Team

LC1 & LC2

Parks & Open Spaces Team

LC1 & LC2

Fraud

Local authorities must publish information about any counter fraud work.

The Parish Council do not have any current fraud cases.

Freedom of Information

Freedom of Information Requests

Reference

Date Received

Date Completed

Response

FOI01072024

28th June 2024

17th July 2024

FOI18112024PJ

18th November 2024

25th November 2024

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.

Waste Exemption Certificate 

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