About the Transparency Code
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 Government has implemented this Code of Practice for local authorities 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, Chipping Norton Town Council makes the following information available:
Expenditure exceeding £500
Local authorities must publish details of each individual item of expenditure that exceeds £500. This includes items of expenditure, consistent with Local Government Association guidance. This must be published quarterly. Chipping Norton Town Council publish all payments six times a year at the Finance and Resources Committee meeting.
Our payment documents can be found on our financial management page.
Government Procurement Card Transactions
Local authorities must publish details of every transaction on a Government Procurement Card. This must be published quarterly.
Chipping Norton town Council does not use a Government Procurement card as defined by the code.
Procurement Information
Publish details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000. Publish details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000. This must be published quarterly.
Our contracts can be found on our Financial Management page.
Local Authority Land
Local authorities must publish details of all land and building assets. This must be published annually.
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.
Chipping Norton Town Council does not hold any social housing assets.
Grants to Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations
Publish details of all grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.
You can find a list of our award recipients on our Grants to Voluntary Bodies page
Organisation Chart
Publish an organisation chart covering staff in the top three levels of the organisation. This must be published annually.
The Town Council currently employees 6 members of staff. Our full staff structure can be viewed on our staffing page
Trade Union Facility Time
This must be published annually.
Chipping Norton Town 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.
Chipping Norton Town 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.
Chipping Norton Town Council does not control any parking.
Senior Salaries
The Town 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 members of staff are paid above the publication threshold.
Constitution
Local authorities must publish their Constitution on their website. This must be published annually.
Chipping Norton Town Council’s Standing Orders can be found on our policies page
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.
Chipping Norton Town Council’s pay multiple is 1.67
Fraud
The Town Council’s Anti Fraud and Corruption Policy can be found on our policies page
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.
This information can be found on our financial management page
Committee Attendance
The Town Council publish the attendance records of its Town Councillors. This information can be found here:
