Council data
The Local Government Transparency Code sets out categories of information that all councils should be publishing. We are committed to openness and transparency and publishing as much council data as we can to increase our accountability.
- Expenditure over £500
This information provides details of payments to suppliers where the invoice was £500 or over - Government procurement card transactions
Details of spending on Council payment cards - Procurement information
Details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000. Details of invitation to tender for contacts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £10,000 - these can be found on the e-Source portal - Prompt Payment Performance
Under the Government's Prompt Payment Policy, it is a requirement for public sector bodies including local authorities to publish annual payment performance data. This consists of: percentage of invoices paid within 30 days; the amount of interest paid to suppliers due to lay payment; and the amount of interest the local authority was liable to pay for example whether paid or not - Map of council public land and building assets
Information about council owned land and property - Southampton City Council properties dataset
Published by Data.Gov.UK shows details of properties and land, other than council housing, owned by Southampton City Council. - Social housing asset data
The value of social housing stock that is held in the Council's housing revenue account - Grant schemes
Details of grants and payments to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations - Council structure (organisational chart)
Details of staff in the top three levels of Southampton City Council - Trade union facility time
Trade Union related activity including staffing and spending - Parking account
A breakdown of income and expenditure on the council's parking account - Parking spaces
Council car parks and spaces - Senior employee salaries and responsibilities
Details of senior council staff whose earning are over £50,000 - Constitution
Constitution sets out the way in which the council runs and the processes it uses - Pay Policy Statement and pay multiplier
The ratio between the highest paid officer, the Chief Executive and the median earnings figure of the whole workforce - Gender pay gap
A snapshot of pay that shows the difference in earnings between women and men - Fraud
Counter fraud investigation work is carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions on behalf of Southampton City Council. Southampton City Council Internal Audit are also involved in counter fraud work - Waste collection contract
This service is delivered in-house by the council - Waste disposal contracts
These contracts are procured and managed by Hampshire County Council (HCC) - see HCC open data
Council spending
Statement of Accounts - The annual statement shows how we have used public money and that we have been honest and responsible. It has been prepared in accordance with the Accounting Code of Practice. The statement includes information regarding Chief Officers remuneration and staff who earn £50k per annum or more.
Pay and allowances
Open data
Business Rates data
Monthly business rates data reports providing information on empty properties, credit balances and liability
Trade union facilities time
- Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of staff who are union representatives (including general, learning and health and safety representatives) – 38 (36.1 FTE)
- Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of union representatives who devote at least 50% of their time to union duties – 5 (4.6 FTE)
- Names of all trade unions represented in the local authority – Unison/Unite
- A basic estimate of spending on unions (calculated as the number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties multiplied by the average salary) – £245,606.50
- A basic estimate of spending on unions as a percentage of the total pay bill (calculated as the number of full time equivalent days spent on union duties multiplied by the average salary divided by the total pay bill) – 0.16%
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