Steeple Ashton Parish Council Freedom of Information

STEEPLE ASHTON PARISH COUNCIL
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
Model Publication Scheme for Local Councils
CORE CLASSES, PLUS OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS WITHIN CORE CLASSESCOUNCIL INTERNAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Minutes of council,– limited to the last 2 years.
Procedural Standing Orders; Councils Annual Report to Parish Meeting
Optional documents: -
Agendas and supporting papers for council-limited in each case to the forthcoming/immediate meeting. Terms of Reference for Committees CODE OF CONDUCT
Members Declaration of Acceptance of Office; Members Register of Interests; Register of Members Interests BookPERIODIC ELECTORAL REVIEW
This is information concerning changes to the electoral arrangements for parish councils. It includes recommendations for the creation of new wards, proposals for the names of new wards and alterations to the number of councillors to be elected to the council.
Information relating to the last Periodic Electoral Review of the council area
Information relating to the latest boundary review of the council areaEMPLOYMENT PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Terms & conditions of employment
Job descriptions
Exclusions – ‘personal records’ i.e. appraisals, employee specific salary details, disciplinary records, sickness records and the like by virtue of being personal data under the Data Protection Act 1998PLANNING DOCUMENTS
Responses to planning applications
Optional documents: -
Parish Plan
Exclusions – Copies of planning consultations, the Development Plan, Structure Plan, Local Plan and Rights of Way/Footpath maps all of which are available from the local planning and/or highway authority respectivelyAUDIT AND ACCOUNTS
Annual return form*. Annual Statutory report by auditor (internal and external)*. Receipt/Payment books, Receipt books of all kinds, Bank Statements from all accounts*. Precept request*. VAT records*. Financial Standing Orders and Regulations. Assets register – this will include details of commons/village greens owned by the council including management schemes for commons as well as village halls, community centres and recreation grounds. ( * - limited to the last financial year).
Risk Assessments
Optional documents: -
Fees and charges applied by the council
Exclusions – all commercially sensitive information e.g. quotations and tenders, loan documentation and insurance policies. With regard to quotations and tenders, this information is treated as confidential to ensure that the whole tender process is fair i.e. if tender information is released to a third party prior to the end of the tender period those who initially submitted tenders could be undercut and/or unfairly disadvantaged.

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As a public authority Steeple Ashton Parish Council has a duty placed upon it by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to adopt and maintain a publication scheme The above list is a list of the classes of information which the council will make available to members of the public by prior appointment.
Information is available upon written request to the clerk, either for inspection of the original before a Parish Council meeting (in the Village Hall) or as a printed facsimile. Charges for the facsimiles are agreed at 10p per side from Parish Council sourced documents or 20p per side for other sourced documents. Postage and packing will be charged at 50p up to 50g weight, above that 50p plus postage at cost.
Mrs. J. Buxton Dean The Clerk to Steeple Ashton Parish Council