Access to Great Ayton Parish Council Information
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Under this act all Parish Councils are required to make a significant amount of information available routinely, without waiting for someone to specifically request it. It is intended that this will develop a greater culture of openness and transparency.
Great Ayton Parish Council has adopted the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the associated Model Publication Scheme for the seven Core Classes of information only.
The following information is either available for download (free of charge) on this website, OR can be requested or viewed via The Clerk to the Parish Council at the address set out below.
Information supplied by the Clerk will be charged as in the Schedule of Charges (click here).
| Information to be published | How the information can be obtained |
| Class 1 - Who we are and what we do (Organisational Information, structure, locations and contacts) | |
| Who is who on the Council and its Committees (click here) | The Clerk / Website |
| Contact details for the Clerk and Council Members (click here) | The Clerk / Website |
| Location of the main Council Offices | 70,Wainstones Close, Gt Ayton |
| Class 2 - What we spend and how we spend it (Financial infornation relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit) | |
| Annual Income and Expenditure (click here) | The Clerk / Website |
| Annual Return form and report by auditor | The Clerk |
| Finalised budget and Precept | The Clerk |
| Borrowing Approval letter | None |
| Financial Standing Orders and Regulations | The Clerk |
| Grants given and received | The Clerk |
| List of current contracts awarded and value of contract | The Clerk |
| Members allowances and expenses | None |
| Class 3 - What our priorities are and how are we doing (Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews) | |
| Parish Plan | None |
| Annual report to Parish or Comminity Meeting (click here) | The Clerk / Website |
| Quality Status | None |
| Local Charters drawn up in accordance with DCLG guidelines | None |
| Class 4 - How we make decisions (Decision making processes and records of decisions) | |
| Timetable of meetings - Council, any committee/sub-committee meetings and parish meetings (click here) | The Clerk / Website |
| Agendas of meetings - as above (click here) | The Clerk / Website / Noticeboards |
| Minutes of meetings - as above - NB this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting (click here) | The Clerk / Website / Noticeboards / Library |
| Reports presented to Council meetings - NB this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting | The Clerk |
| Responses to consultation papers | The Clerk |
| Responses to planning applications | The Clerk |
| Bye-laws | The Clerk |
| Class 5 - Our policies and procedures (Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities | (some information may only be available by inspection) |
| Policies and procedures for the conduct of council business Procedural standing orders Code of conduct | The Clerk |
| Schedule of charges (for the publication of information) (click here) | The Clerk / Website |
| Class 6 - Lists and Registers Currently maintained lists and registers only | (some information may only be available by inspection) |
| Any publicly available register or list (if any are held this should be publicised; in most circumstances existing access provisions will suffice) | The Clerk |
| Assets register | The Clerk |
| Disclosure log (including the information that has been provided in response to requests;recommended as good practice, but may not be held by parish councils) | Not held |
| Register of members interests | The Clerk |
| Register of gifts and hospitality | None |
| Class 7 - The services we offer (Information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters produced for the public and businesses) | (some information may only be available by inspection) |
| Allotments (click here) | The Clerk / Website |
| Cemetery | The Clerk |
| Village hall | The Clerk |
| Parks, playing fields and recreational facilities | The Clerk |
| Seating, litter bins | The Clerk |
| Public convenience | HDC |
| Agency agreements | The Clerk |
| A summary of services for which the council is entitled to recover a fee, together with those fees (eg. burial fees) | The Clerk |