What We Spend and How We Spend It

Information about the Council's budget.

The Council's Statement of Accounts including closure notices and audited accounts.

The Council's Capital Programme is reported to Cabinet within ongoing financial reports.

Procurement - Contracts, Tenders and guidance about selling to the Council.

Information about the Council's expenditure over £500.

Spending on Procurement Cards - as required by the Transparency Code.

Allowances paid to Councillors are available for years 2008/09 onward.

Internal audit - reports are seen at Cabinet meetings and Governance Scrutiny Group meetings as part of the scrutiny process.

The last two External Audit reports are: Auditor's Annual Report 2023/24 and Auditor's Annual Report 2022/23.

Fraud prevention activity can be found in the Annual Fraud Report May 2024 and Annual Fraud Report June 2023.

Financial Reports and other information in relation to finance for project and events - this information is shown in reports to Corporate Overview Group and pre-May 2019 to Corporate Governance Group.

The Council's partnerships and funding - the Council updates a list of partnerships within its report to Partnership Delivery Group.

The Transparency Code requires information about the Parking account to be published - details of current year income and expenditure.

Financial statements for projects and events will be contained within reports to Cabinet where available.

Election expenses (returns or declarations and accompanying documents relating to election expenses sent to the council) - these available to view and take notes for 2 years from the date of the election. Contact the Elections office or phone 0115 981 9911.

Information about Capital Grants to the community and voluntary sector.