Transparency Code

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Local Government Transparency Code 2015 - This code is issued to meet the government's desire to place more power into citizens' hands to increase democratic accountability - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-transparency-code-2015 

Information relating to compliance with the transparency code can be found on this page and also within other areas of the website, such as: - 

Minutes - Record of decisions made by the council which includes a full breakdown of expenditure inclusive of grant payments

Statutory Documents - All policies and statutory documents which the council abides by

The Code requires local authorities in England to publish the following information quarterly:

• Expenditure exceeding £500 – see below
• Government Procurement Card transactions – N/A for Dalton Parish Council
• Procurement Information – see below

Additionally, local authorities are required to publish the following information annually:

• Local Authority Land – see below for details of all land and building assets
• Social housing assets – N/A for Dalton Parish Council
• Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations – see below
• Organisational chart – see below
• Trade union facility time – N/A for Dalton Parish Council
• Parking account – N/A for Dalton Parish Council
• Parking Spaces – N/A for Dalton Parish Council
• Senior salaries – N/A for Dalton Parish Council
• Constitution – Local Councils, unlike principal authorities, are not required by law to adopt a constitution. However they need to adopt Standing Orders, Financial Regulations and other governing documents such as a Members Code of Conduct and a Publication Scheme. Dalton Parish Council's Policies can be viewed here 
• Pay multiple - see below 
• Fraud – None to date
• Waste contracts – Dalton Parish Council use Rotherham MBC.

Dalton Parish Council complies with the requirements of the code where applicable by publishing the information on this website.

Dalton Parish Council are responsible for the following amenities: -

 - Community Centres

         - Dalton Parish Hall, Doncaster Road, Dalton, Rotherham, S65 3ET - 53.44381532656967, -1.3117464806716386

         - Sunnyside Community Centre, Flanderwell Lane, Sunnyside, Rotherham - Leased - 53°25'54.4"N 1°16'48.7"W

- Recreation Grounds 

         - Ruby Cook -  Off Flanderwell Lane, Sunnyside, Rotherham - Long term lease to Wickersley Youth Football Club            - 53.42937099653634, -1.287966015570178

         - Magna Lane - Magna Lane, Dalton, Rotherham - 53.442217743962935, -1.3109418179639796

         - Sunnyside play area, Flanderwell Lane, Sunnyside, Rotherham - 53.43159548748424, -1.2798925664319751

         - Sunnyside Top Field, Access via The Crescent East / West, Sunnyside, Rotherham - 53°26'03.3"N 1°16'36.6"W

- Allotments 

        - Brecks Lane allotments, Brecks Lane, Dalton, Rotherham - 53.433718114886595, -1.310161760766334

        - Norwood Street allotments, Norwood Street, Dalton, Rotherham - 53.441950130075334, -1.3124128967183197

        - Sunnyside allotments, Access via The Crescent East / West, Sunnyside, Rotherham - 53.43463578975002, -1.2779662756859422