Class 4 – What we spend and how we spend it

Published: 10 March 2025

Financial statements, including annual accounts, any regular statements, for example quarterly budget statements 

Annual accounts
Council meetings and minutes

Financial policies and procedures for budget allocation

Financial regulations and codes

Budget allocation to key policy/function/service areas

Council budget

Purchasing plans and capital funding plans

Council budget
Council Contracts and Tender Opportunities

Financial administration manual and internal financial regulations

Financial regulations and codes
Expenses policies and procedures Scheme for Administration of Member Remuneration, Expenses and Travelling
Scheme for the Administration of Non-Elected Members' Expenses

Senior staff and member expenses at category level, for example travel, subsistence and accommodation

Payments to councillors

Senior staff remuneration 

Annual accounts

Investments, summary information about endowments, investments and authority pension fund

Annual accounts
Pension Fund and Governance

Funding awards available from the authority, how to apply for them and funding awards made by the authority

Funding and grants for community groups/organisations