Local Government Transparency: a new House of Commons Briefing PPer

A House of Commons Briefing Paper on Local Government Transparency in England was published on 24 June 2015 – see link below.

Amongst other things it specified that the following MUST be provided to members of the public in a format that can be easily understood:

“The Code requires the publication of specified categories of data, and recommends the publication of additional data, under the headings below

Individual items of expenditure exceeding £500;

Data on the land and buildings held by the authority

Information on invitations to tender, and every contract or purchase order, with a value of over £5,000;

Details of every transaction on a Government Procurement Card used by the authority;

Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise

organisations: dates made and amounts granted;

The authority’s organisation chart, covering the top three levels in

the organisation, including salary bands;

Details of trade union facility time: number of representatives and

spending upon them

The number of controlled parking spaces within their area;

Data on the value of the authority’s social housing stock;

Data on senior salaries (see section 3 below);

The pay multiple (see section 3 below);

The authority’s constitution;

Details of counter-fraud work;

Details of waste contracts;

Data on parking revenues.”

For more information, see