Open Data

Open data is information held by the government and local councils which is freely available for use and re-use by the public. The aim is to:

Make all data we hold available online (unless private or sensitive)
Encourage residents, businesses and anyone else with an interest to use our data to develop applications
Increase transparency and accountability

Payments to suppliers

All invoices of £500 and over (inclusive of VAT) are included although the amount paid is shown net of VAT. This is the actual cost to the Council. All information is drawn from payment feeders into the Council's financial ledger.

Details of all expenditure apart from benefit payments and employee pay have been published. Where there is any specific sensitive information, this has been redacted (i.e the individual payments are still listed but no personal details have been disclosed).

The data has been prepared according to the latest guidance (opens in a new window) and is available free to download and re-use under the Terms and Conditions of the Open Government Licence (opens in a new window)

New files will be made available shortly after each month end, beginning with details of the December 2010 spend

Corporate Management Team Remuneration

Corporate Management Team - Year ending 31 March 2010
Post title	Salary (£)	Car Allowance (£)	Total (£)
Chief Executive	110,234	1,230	111,464
Director of Resources and Deputy Chief Executive	80,550	1,170	81,720
Director of Places and Environment	74,868	1,187	76,055
Director of Regeneration and Community*	74,457	1,192	75,649
Head of Executive Office	68,695	1,212	69,907