Transparency
The current Local Government Transparency Code was published in February 2015, and can be found below. The Code applies to all parish and town councils with either gross income or expenditure over £200,000. For councils with turnover of £25 to £200k which is the category that Upper Clatford Parish Council is in, it is ‘recommended as best practice’ that councils follow the Code as below.
The Code requires the publication of specified categories of data:
- Expenditure exceeding £500 - All expenditure published in minutes (Notice Boards and website) Minutes
- Land and buildings - Published on website
- Tenders over £5 k - Published on website
- Grants made to voluntary and community bodies - Published on website
- Organisation chart - Published on website
- Trade union facility time - N/A
- Parking revenues - N/A
- Controlled parking spaces - N/A
- Social housing sock - N/A
- Senior salary(ies) - Published on website
- Pay multiple - N/A
- Counter-fraud work - policy to be delivered.
In addition this Parish Council will also publish:
- End of Year Accounts according to the format of the Annual Return
- Annual Governance Statement
- Internal Audit Board Report
- Conclusion of Audit
- Governance Policies
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