The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 (the code) came into effect on 1 April 2015. The code is issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in exercise of powers under section 2 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, and replaces any previous codes issued in relation to authorities in England under those powers.

The code doe not replace or supersede the existing framework for access to and re-use of public sector information.

Armthorpe Parish Council meets the definition of a local authority covered by the requirements of the code, defined as 'a parish council which has a gross annual income or expenditure (whichever is higher) exceeding £200.000'.

The code requires local authorities in England to publish the following information either quarterly or annually.

The code requires that local authorities must publish details of every transaction on a Governement Procurement Card.

For each transaction, the following must be published:

• Date of the transaction
• Local authority department which incurred the expenditure
• Beneficiary
• Amount
• Value Added Tax (VAT) that cannot be recovered
• Summary of the purpose of the expenditure
• Merchant Category

The code requires that local authorities must publish the following information on trade union facility time:

• Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of staff who are union representatives
• Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of union representatives who devote at least 50 per cent of their time to union duties
• Names of all trade union represented in the local authority
• A basic estimate of spending on unions
• A basic estimate of spending on unions as a percentage of the total pay bill

Armthorpe Parish Council has no staff members who are union representatives and therefore has no information to publish.

The code requires that local authorities must publish details of every transaction on a Governement Procurement Card.

For each transaction, the following must be published:

• Date of the transaction
• Local authority department which incurred the expenditure
• Beneficiary
• Amount
• Value Added Tax (VAT) that cannot be recovered
• Summary of the purpose of the expenditure
• Merchant Category

The code requires that local authorities must publish details of the value of social housing stock that is held in their Housing revenue Account.

The following social housing stock data must be published:

• Valuation data to be listed at postal sector level
• Valuation data for the dwellings using both Existing Use Value for Social Housing and market value as at 1 April
• An explanation of the difference between tenanted sale value of dwellings within the Housing revenue Account and their market sale value

Armthorpe Parish Council does not hold any social housing stock and therefore has no information to publish.

The code requires that 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, including details of revenue collected from on-street parking, off-street parking and Penalty Charge Notices 
• A breakdown of how the authority has spent a surplus on its parking account

Armthorpe Parish Council has no chargeable parking and therefore has no information to publish.

 The code requires that local authorities must publish the number of marked or 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. 

Armthorpe Parish Council has 30 off road parking spaces on Welfare park, Church Street, Armthorpe, there is no fee associated to these parking spaces.

The code requires that local authorities must publish the following information about their counter fraud work:

• Number of occasions they use powers under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 2014, or similar powers
• Total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud
• Total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists
• Total amount spent by the authority on the investigation and prosecution of fraud
• Total number of fraud cases investigated

Armthorpe Parish Council has no staff members undertaking fraud investigation work and therefore has no information to publish.

The code requires that the Council publish details of all grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations any expenditure over £500.

The grants and donations for the 2022-2023 period can be found here. 

The code requires the Council to publish annually the following information relating to land and buildings:

 All service and office properties occupied or controlled by user bodies, both freehold and leasehold 

Details of the land owned or managed to the Council can be accessed here.