Local Government Transparency Code

In February 2015 the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government issued the "Local Government Transparency Code 2015" and the "Local Government Transparency Code 2015 Frequently Asked Questions". The code sets out the minimum data and information that all Local Authorities must publish, the frequency it should be published and how it should be published. The full documents can be accessed via the Gov.uk website.

The following tables set out links to the mandatory data and information that the Council is required to publish quarterly, annually and only once.

All of the information provided can be used and re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence, published by the National Archive - please familiarise yourself with the terms of the licence before re-using any of the data.

Information which must be published quarterly:

Data	Link
Expenditure over £500 - each individual item of expenditure above £500 (individual invoices, grant payments, expense payments, payments for goods & services, grants, grant in aid, rent, credit notes over £500 and transactions from other public bodies).	Expenditure Exceeding £500
Government Procurement Card Transactions - for every transaction on a Government Procurement Card. This information is included in the expenditure over £500 publication.	Government Procurement Card Transactions
Procurement Information - All invitations to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000 (net amount excluding recoverable VAT) All contracts, commissioned activity purchase order, framework agreement etc with a value exceeding £5,000 (net excluding recoverable VAT).	Quotations Contract Register

Information which must be published annually:

Data	Link
Local Authority Land - details on all land and building assets.	Local Authority Land
Social Housing Asset Value - value of social housing stock held within the Council's Housing Revenue Account. Hartlepool Borough Council has reintroduced its Housing Revenue Account in April 2016 and this data is now available.	Statement of Accounts Social housing asset data
Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations	Grants
Organisation Chart - covering staff in the top three levels of the organisation	Senior Management Structure
Trade Union Facility Time	Trade Union Facility Time
Parking Account - breakdown of income and expenditure on the authority's parking account including on-street parking, off-street parking and Penalty Charge Notices. Also, detail of how the authority has spent any surplus.	Parking Account
Parking spaces - Number of marked out controlled on and off-street parking spaces or an estimate of the number of spaces where controlled parking space is not marked out in individual parking bays or spaces	Parking spaces
Senior salaries - detail of number of employees whose remuneration was at least £50k in brackets of £5k, details of remuneration and job title of certain senior employees whose salary is at least £50k and employees whose salaries are £150k or more, identified by name. In addition the Council is required to provide: · a list of responsibilities e.g. the services and functions they are responsible for, budget held and number of staff) · details of bonuses and 'benefits-in-kind' for all senior employees whose salary exceeds £50k	Senior salaries - PDF Hartlepool Borough Council has no employees who receive bonuses or 'benefits-in-kind'.
Constitution	Constitution
The pay multiple - defined as the ratio between the highest paid 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.	Pay multiple Pay Policy Statement (page 11)
Fraud - details of counter fraud work and associated staffing.	Fraud Details

Information which must be published once only:

Data	Link
Waste Contracts - details of existing waste collection contracts. This is set out in the contract register under contract 154.	Contract Register

All of the information included in the Inventory of Data can be used and re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence, published by the National Archive - please familiarise yourself with the terms of the licence before re-using any of the data.