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About the Transparency Code

The government has published ‘The Code of Recommended Practice for Local Authorities on Data Transparency’ which effectively recommends parish councils which have a gross annual income or expenditure (whichever is the higher) of a least £200,000 to publish ‘Public Data’.

The Government has implemented this Code of Practice for local authorities to provide greater transparency of public bodies, which is at the heart of their mandate to enable greater democratic accountability over how council tax and public money is spent. However, Public Data does not include personal information as this would contravene the Data Protection Act 2018.

 

Information provided under the Transparency Code:

In accordance with the Code of Recommended Practice and general good practice, Wokingham Town Council makes the following information available:

Expenditure exceeding £500

Local authorities must publish details of each individual item of expenditure that exceeds £500. This includes items of expenditure, consistent with Local Government Association guidance. This must be published quarterly. Wokingham Town Council chooses to publish this quarterly.

View Wokingham Town Council’s expenditure over £500 

Procurement Information

Publish details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000. Publish details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000. This must be published quarterly.

When contracts are up for renewal they can be found under the NEWS section page of our website.

Local Authority Land

Local authorities must publish details of all land and building assets. This must be published annually.

Property and land listed below is owned by the town council unless specified otherwise

Buildings

  • Town Hall (RG40 1AS)
  • Emmbrook Village Hall (RG41 1JN)
  • Woosehill Community Centre (RG41 3DA) (Leased from Wokingham Borough Council)

Parks

  • Elms Field (Leased from Wokingham Borough Council)
  • Howard Palmer Gardens
  • Joel Park & Holt Copse
  • King George V Playing Field (Held in Trust)
  • Langborough Recreation Ground
  • Leslie Sears Playing Field (Held in Trust)
  • Redlands Park Farm
  • Viking Field (Leased from Wokingham Borough Council)

Allotments

  • Ormonde Road
  • Latimer Road
  • Gipsy Lane
  • Binfield Road
  • Mulberry Grove
  • St Paul’s Gate (leased from Wokingham Free Church)
  • Ifould Crescent (Transfer in progress)
  • Mulberry Grove (Transfer in progress)
  • Penny Row (Transfer in progress)

Social Housing Asset Value

Local authorities must publish details on the value of social housing assets within local authorities Housing Revenue Account. This must be published annually.

The Town Council does not hold any Social Housing Assets.

Grants to Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations

Publish details of all grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.

The Town Council’s Grant Award Policy, can be downloaded from the grants page of our website.

Read the Minutes of the 2024-25 (Finance and Personnel) Grants Committee meeting  

Organisation Chart

The Town Council currently employees 19 members of staff.

Wokingham Town Council staff organisation chart

Trade Union Facility Time

The Town Council does not have any Trade Union representatives

Parking Account

Local authorities must publish on their website, or place a link on their website to this data if published elsewhere: a breakdown of income and expenditure on the authority’s parking account, and a breakdown of how the authority has spent a surplus on its parking account. This must be published annually.

The Town Council does not have a parking account

Parking Spaces

Local authorities must publish the number of marked out controlled on and off-street parking spaces within their area, or an estimate of the number of spaces where controlled parking space is not marked out in individual parking bays or spaces. This must be published annually.

The Town Council does not control any parking in Wokingham

Senior Salaries

The Town Council is required to publish details of any senior employees (including job descriptions, responsibilities, budgets, and number of staff) earning over £50,000 per annum. This must be published annually.

In 2024-25, 1 member of staff falls into this category, and their remuneration falls into the £60,000 to £65,000 band. Read our report on the 2015 Transparency Code Information Relating To The Town Clerk

Constitution

Local authorities must publish their Constitution on their website. This must be published annually.

The Council’s business is governed by the Adopted Standing Orders.

The Council’s financial management is governed by the Standing Financial Regulations

Committee Attendance

Councillor Attendance Record 2023 24

Pay Multiple

Publish the pay multiple on their website defined as the ratio between the highest 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. This must be published annually.

Wokingham Town Council Transparency information pay multiple

Fraud

Read the Council’s Anti Fraud and Corruption Policy

Waste Contracts

Local authorities must publish details of their existing waste collection contracts at the point they first publish quarterly contract information. This is a one-off publication.

Wokingham Town Council has waste collection contracts in place with:

  • Grundon
  • Suez