FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Information available under the Information Commissioner’s model publication scheme:
Class 1 - Who we are and what we do
Chairman: CLLR. MRS PATRICIA RIDGER, Vice-Chairman CLLR. MR. ALASTAIR GUTHRIE, Responsible Financial Officer MRS JOYCE GAY –
Cllr. Mr. Graham Brader, Cllr. Mr. Karl Donner, Cllr. Mr Ben Holland, Cllr. Mrs Julie Wetton and Cllr. Mrs Janet Stuart
(Contact details for all are given on a separate Notice)
Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it
Financial information on projected and actual income and expenditure for current and previous financial years – available on request
Annual return form and report by auditor – available on request
Finalised budget – available on request
Precept – listed in minutes of December or January meeting each year
Financial Standing Orders and Regulations – available on request
Grants given and received – None received. Grants made are listed in the minutes.
Borrowing Approval letter and List of current contracts awarded and value of contract, if any – available on request
Members’ allowances and expenses, if any – available on request
Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing
(Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews)
Parish Plan (current) – available on request
Annual Report to Parish or Community Meeting – since May 2001 available on request
Quality status – available on request
Local charters drawn up in accordance with DCLG guidelines, if any – available on request
Class 4 – How we make decisions
Decision making processes - available in Procedural Standing Orders or otherwise available on request
Records of decisions - minutes of latest meeting published on notice board and available on request
Timetable of future meetings – published separately on notice board
Agendas of meetings - published on notice board at least 5 days before each parish council meeting
Reports presented to council meetings – N.B. this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting.
Responses to consultation papers – available on request
Responses to planning applications – for current and one previous year available on request
Bye-laws – available on request
Class 5 – Our policies and procedures
(Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities)
Policies and procedures for the conduct of council business: contained in Procedural Standing Orders, available
on request
Committee and sub-committee terms of reference
Delegated authority in respect of officers – contained in Procedural Standing Orders, available on request
Code of Conduct – available on request
Policy statements – available on request
Policies and procedures for the provision of services and about the employment of staff: – available on request
Internal policies relating to the delivery of services – available on request
Equality and diversity policy and Health and safety policy – available on request
Recruitment policies (including current vacancies) – available on request
Policies and procedures for handling requests for information – available on request
Complaints procedures – available on request
Information security policy – available on request
Records management policies (records retention, destruction and archive) – available on request
Data protection policies – available on request
Schedule of charges for the publication of information – see below
Class 6 – Lists and Registers currently maintained
Assets Register (only available by inspection)
Disclosure log (not held by parish council)
Register of members’ interests (only available by inspection)
Register of gifts and hospitality – not applicable
Class 7 – The services we offer
(Information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters produced for the public and businesses)
Allotments, burial grounds and closed churchyards – not applicable
Community centres and village halls – not applicable (N.B. Ludford Village Hall is not the responsibility of the parish council)
Parks, Playing fields and recreational facilities, Seating, Litter bins, and Lighting – available on request
Clocks, Memorials Bus shelters, Markets, Public conveniences, Agency agreements – not currently applicable
Additional Information
We will endeavour to supply any other reasonable information on request
SCHEDULE OF CHARGES
Disbursement cost
Fees, & Costs are given on a separate Notice
Statutory Fee
In accordance with Local Government Acts 1999 Section 16, and LGA 1972 s.236, and Audit Commission Act 1998 s. 14
Other - Any other actual cost incurred by the parish council in providing the requested information
Ludford Parish Council January 2022
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