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Bamford with Thornhill Parish Council

Council Documents

Published: 12 September 2023

If you are thinking of asking the Parish Council to consider offering your organisation a grant, please first read our Grants Awarding Policy.

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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, section 19(1), states:

It shall be the duty of every public authority—

  1. to adopt and maintain a scheme which relates to the publication of information by the authority and is approved by the Commissioner (in this Act referred to as a “publication scheme”),
  2. to publish information in accordance with its publication scheme, and
  3. from time to time to review its publication scheme.

Accordingly, the Parish Council will make the information listed in the scheme below available unless:

  • it does not hold the information;
  • the information is exempt under one of the FOIA exemptions or Environmental Information Regulations exceptions, or its release is prohibited by another statute;
  • the information is readily and publicly available from an external website; the Parish Council will provide a direct link to that information;
  • the information is archived, out of date or otherwise inaccessible; or,
  • it would be impractical or resource-intensive to prepare the material for routine release.
Information required to be published How the information can be obtained Cost
Class1 – Who we are and what we do

  • Who’s who on the Council and its committees
  • Contact details for Parish Clerk
 bamfordwiththornhill-pc.gov.uk Nil
  • Staffing structure
 There is a Parish Clerk/Financial Officer and a Parish Handyperson. Both posts are part-time.
Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it

  • Annual return form and report by auditor
  

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Nil
  • Finalised budget
  • Precept
  • Financial Standing Orders and Regulations
  • Grants given and received
  • List of current contracts awarded and value of contract
  • Members’ allowances and expenses
 On application to the Parish Clerk Nil
  • Borrowing Approval letter
 The Council has no borrowings.
Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing

  • Annual Report to Parish Meeting
  

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Nil
  • Parish Plan
 On application to the Parish Clerk Nil
  • Quality status
 The Council doesn’t participate in the Local Council Award Scheme.
  • Local charters drawn up in accordance with DCLG guidelines
 There are none.
Class 4 – How we make decisions

  • Agendas of meetings
  • Minutes of meetings – excluding any confidential minutes
  • Dates and times of meetings
 bamfordwiththornhill-pc.gov.uk Nil
  • Reports presented to council meetings – excluding confidential items Responses to consultation papers
 On application to the Parish Clerk Nil
  • Responses to planning applications
 Are shown under each item at pam.peakdistrict.gov.uk Nil
  • Bye-laws
 There are no Parish Council bye-laws.
Class 5 – Our policies and procedures

  • Procedural standing orders
  • Committee and sub-committee terms of reference
  • Delegated authority in respect of officers
  • Code of Conduct
  • Policy statements
  • Internal instructions to staff & policies relating to the delivery of services
  • Equality and diversity policy
  • Health and safety policy
  • Recruitment policies
  • Policies and procedures for handling requests for information
  • Complaints procedures
  • Information security & data protection policies
  • Records management policies
 On application to the Parish Clerk Nil
  • Schedule of charges
 The Council has no schedule of charges.
Class 6 – Lists and Registers

  • Assets register
  • Register of members’ interests
 bamfordwiththornhill-pc.gov.uk Nil
  • Register of gifts and hospitality
  • Any publicly available register or list
 On application to the Parish Clerk Nil
Class 7 – The services we offer

  • Gardens and Seating
  • Memorials
  • Bus shelters
  • Agency agreements
 On application to the Parish Clerk Nil

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