Transparency and open data

Local councils must publish certain information set out in the Local Government Transparency Code.

This information includes:

Expenditure and procurement

• All expenditure
• Credit card transactions
• Contract and tender information
• Fraud
• Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations
• Payment performance statistics

Land and assets

• Local authority land and building assets
• Parking accounts and parking spaces
• Social housing assets

Organisational information

• Constitution
• Organisation chart
• Council pay and staffing policies
• Senior salaries
• The pay multiple
• Trade union facility time

You can also see what else we publish in our Publication Scheme and make your own requests to see data under the Freedom of Information Act.