Transparency publications
Expenditure exceeding £500
Details of all expenditure (of all values) can be found on our monthly reports. Choose the respective month from the home page. This information can be found in each monthly reports page.
Procurement information
The Local Government Transparency Code requires that local authorities must publish details of every transaction on a Government Procurement Card, details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000, and details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000.
- Details of all transactions made on the Council's Government Procurement Card can be seen within the monthly direct debit reports. Choose the respective month from the home page. This information can be found in each monthly reports page.
- Details of invitations to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000, and details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000 can be downloaded from our transparency downloads page.
Pay multiple and senior salaries
The Local Government Transparency Code requires local authorities to publish details (including job descriptions, responsibilities, budgets and staff numbers) of any senior employees earning over £50,000 per annum. Local authorities must also publish the pay multiple, defined as the ratio between the highest paid taxable earnings for the given year and the median earnings figure of the whole of the authority’s workforce.
Bracebridge Heath Parish Council has no staff member earning over £50,000
The pay multiple as of November 2024 was 1.6.
Local authority land
Local authorities must publish details of all land and building assets. See details on our transparency downloads page.
Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations
The Local Government Transparency Code requires local authorities to publish details of all grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.
Bracebridge Heath Parish Council sets aside a sum of money each year to be awarded in grants to organisations for projects that will be of benefit to local residents.
Details of grants awarded are shown in our transparency downloads page. This information is also provided in our annual reports.
Social housing asset value
Bracebridge Heath Parish Council does not hold any social housing asset stock.
Organisation chart
Details of the council's staffing structure can be found on the transparency downloads page.
Trade Union facility time
This is not applicable. There is no trade union representation at Bracebridge Heath Parish Council.
Parking spaces and parking account
The council has two car parks; one for the village hall and one for the pavilion. Both car parks are available to the public, free of charge. The Village Hall Car Park has 20 marked out spaces. The pavilion car park is unmarked but is estimated to have around 20 spaces. There is no controlled parking at either location.
Constitution
The constitution of Bracebridge Heath Parish Council comprises the Standing Orders and Financial Regulations. These policies control how the business of the Council is conducted.
Decisions of the council and its committees are recorded in the minutes of the meetings and published on this website. Elections for Councillors usually take place every four years. Standing Orders and Financial Regulations can be found on the council's key policies pages.
Fraud
The Local Government Transparency Code requires local authorities to publish information about their counter fraud work, including the number of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud, the number of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists, the total amount spent by the authority on the investigation and prosecution of fraud and the total number of fraud cases investigated.
- Bracebridge Heath Parish Council has no employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud.
- Bracebridge Heath Parish Council has no professionally accredited counter fraud specialists.
Waste Contracts
Local authorities must publish details of their existing waste collection contracts. See details on our transparency downloads page.