In December 2014 the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) issued the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities. The Code is a requirement for smaller authorities to make information available for local people to increase democratic accountability.
This page allows you to access all of the information that we are required to publish under the Transparency Code.
The information for each financial year will be available after the end of the financial year on 31st March and by 1st July at the latest. The exceptions to this are the list of councillor responsibilities and the minutes, agendas and papers of formal meetings which are published on an ongoing basis.
Financial year 1st April to 31st March
- All payments above £100 (all expenditure noted) in the cash book.
- End of year accounts – Annual Return form.
- Buckland Parish Council end of year Bank Reconciliation.
- Buckland Parish Council – End of year accounts – Explanation of any significant variances (a significant variance is more than 10-15% variance in the statement of accounts for the relevant year and previous year).
- Annual Governance Statement (within annual return form above).
- Internal Audit Report (within annual return form above).
- All of the above are available:-
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Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities
What Is The Transparency Code For Smaller Authorities?
In April 2015 it became mandatory for all small authorities to comply with the transparency code. This code has been issued in order to meet the government’s desire to increase democratic accountability and it requires the online publication of key spending and governance information on the occasions specified in the Code.
Current Standing Orders 2017
2020 – Financial REgulations – Agreed May 2020
Councillor’s Responsibilities
GRANTS AWARDED
| Recipient | Purpose | Value (£) | Date |
| TO DATE: NO GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED BY THE PARISH COUNCIL | |||
TRANSPARENCY CODE – LIST OF CONTRACTS
| Activity/Purpose | Company Name or Provider of service | Term | |||||
| Audit (External) | PKF Littlejohn | Annual | |||||
| Audit (Internal) | Melanie Rose | Annual | |||||
| Bank | Lloyds Bank | On-going | |||||
| Water | Castle Water | Annual | |||||
| Electricity | N-power | Annual | |||||
| Verge Maintenance | Buckland Landscapes | Annual | |||||
| Wi-fi | Openreach | Annual | |||||
| Insurance | Came and Company | Annual | |||||
| Burial Ground Maintenance | M Gould | Annual | |||||
| Offices | Halton Parish Council | Annual |
Local Council Transparency Code
Land Owned by Buckland Parish Council
- Primrose Copse, Tring Hill, Buckland
- Old Allotment Site (de-registered), Tring Hill, Buckland
- Buckland Burial Ground, Peggs Lane, Buckland
- Land at Lower Buckland
Code of Conduct
Councillors of all Parish Councils, have to comply with a Code of Conduct. Here is Buckland’s Adopted Code of Conduct:- Code of conduct