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Freedom of Information Act

Guide to Information

(Information available from Shocklach Oviatt and District Parish Council under the model publication scheme)

 

Information to be published How the information can be obtained  Cost

Class 1 - Who we are and what we do

(Organisational information, structures, locations and contacts)

This will be current information only

N.B. Councils should already be publishing as much information as possible about how they can be contacted.

  www.shocklach.com

 

 
Who’s who on the Council and its committees

  www.shocklach.com

 
Contact details for Parish Clerk and Council members (named contacts where possible with telephone number and email address (if used))

  www.shocklach.com

 
Location of main Council office and accessibility details

  Contact Clerk – see  

  below - or www.shocklach.com

 
Staffing structure   N/A  

Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it

(Financial information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit)

Current and previous financial year as a minimum

  

  

  www.shocklach.com

  or via Clerk with notice

 

 

Annual return form and report by auditor

  Via Clerk with notice

 

Finalised budget

  www.shocklach.com

 
Precept

  www.shocklach.com

 
Borrowing Approval letter   N/A  

Financial Standing Orders and Regulations

  www.shocklach.com

 
Grants given and received   www.shocklach.com  

List of current contracts awarded and value of contract

  N/A  
Members’ allowances and expenses

  www.shocklach.com

 

Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing

(Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews)

   

Parish Plan (current and previous year as a minimum)

  N/A  

Annual Report to Parish or Community Meeting (current and previous year as a minimum)

  Via Clerk with notice  
Quality status   N/A  

Local charters drawn up in accordance with DCLG guidelines

  N/A

 

Class 4 – How we make decisions

(Decision making processes and records of decisions)

Current and previous council year as a minimum

  Standing orders or minutes -  

  see www.shocklach.com - or via  

  Clerk with notice

 
Timetable of meetings (Council, any committee/sub-committee meetings and parish meetings)   www.shocklach.com  

Agendas of meetings (as above)

  www.shocklach.com

 

Minutes of meetings (as above) – NB this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting.

  www.shocklach.com or via   

  Clerk with notice

 

Reports presented to council meetings - NB this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting.

  Via clerk with notice

 

Responses to consultation papers

  Via clerk with notice

 

Responses to planning applications

  Via clerk with notice

 
Bye-laws

  N/A

 

Class 5 – Our policies and procedures

(Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities)

Current information only

  Standing orders – see

  www.shocklach.com

 

Policies and procedures for the conduct of council business:

Procedural standing orders

Committee and sub-committee terms of reference

Delegated authority in respect of officers

Code of Conduct

Policy statements

  www.shocklach.com

  where applicable or via

  Clerk with notice

 

Policies and procedures for the provision of services and about the employment of staff:

Internal policies relating to the delivery of services

Equality and diversity policy

Health and safety policy

Recruitment policies (including current vacancies)

Policies and procedures for handling requests for information

Complaints procedures (including those covering requests for information and operating the publication scheme)

  

 

  N/A

  N/A

  N/A

  N/A

  www.shocklach.com

  www.shocklach.com

 

 
Information security policy

  www.shocklach.com

 

Records management policies (records retention, destruction and archive)

  As per NALC recommendations  
Data protection policies

  www.shocklach.com

 

Schedule of charges (for the publication of information)

  No charges other than those  

  listed below 

 

Class 6 – Lists and Registers

Currently maintained lists and registers only

   
Any publicly available register or list (if any are held this should be publicised; in most circumstances existing access provisions will suffice)

  Existing access provisions

 
Assets Register   N/A  
Disclosure log (indicating the information that has been provided in response to requests; recommended as good practice, but may not be held by parish councils)   N/A  
Register of members’ interests   Via clerk by prior arrangement  
Register of gifts and hospitality

  Via clerk by prior arrangement

 

Class 7 – The services we offer

(Information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters produced for the public and businesses)

Current information only

  www.shocklach.com  
Allotments   N/A  
Burial grounds and closed churchyards   N/A  
Community centres and village halls   N/A  
Parks, playing fields and recreational facilities

  N/A

 
Seating, litter bins, clocks, memorials and lighting

  N/A

 

Bus shelters

  N/A

 
Markets

  N/A

 

Public conveniences

  N/A

 

Agency agreements

  N/A  
A summary of services for which the council is entitled to recover a fee, together with those fees (e.g. burial fees)   N/A  

Additional Information

This will provide Councils with the opportunity to publish information that is not itemized in the lists above

  

www.shocklach.com

 

 

Contact details: Alison Macchi (Acting Clerk), Laburnum House, Shocklach, Cheshire SY14 7BT;

tel.: 01829 250562; fax.: 01829 250444; email: macchi@ra-international.co.uk or alison@shocklach.com

 

SCHEDULE OF CHARGES

TYPE OF CHARGE

DESCRIPTION

BASIS OF CHARGE

Disbursement cost

Photocopying @15p per sheet (black & white)

Actual cost *

 

Photocopying @25p per sheet (colour)

Actual cost

 

Postage

Actual cost of Royal Mail standard 2nd class

     

Statutory Fee

None

In accordance with the relevant legislation

     

Other

None

 

* the actual cost incurred by the public authority

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