Transparency in Local Government

Tameside MBC is a consistently high performing authority whose accounts fall under the scrutiny of the Audit Commission and are reported to the authority’s Audit Panel.

In June 2010 a moratorium on spend was imposed by the Executive Leader and Chief Executive in response to the headline deficit reduction strategy of the coalition government and the inevitable impact of this on local government.

Formal internal scrutiny procedures of expenditure items have been introduced. These work alongside procurement systems to ensure that best prices are obtained.

In response to the government’s desire for increased transparency in local government Tameside MBC is now publishing details of payment transactions to suppliers where the value is greater than £500.

March 2012

The transactions made in March 2012 are shown on the comma separated files. 

Download the Payment Transactions in PDF format 159.45 KB

Download the Payment Transactions in CSV format 

The files contain the following information:

1. Service Area
2. Head of Service
3. Payment Date
4. Internal Transaction No
5. Amount (excl VAT)
6. Supplier Details
7. Comments (e.g. Redacted/Aggregated transaction)

The equivalent data for Greater Manchester Pension Fund can be accessed via the following link

http://www.gmpf.org.uk/publications/policies_and_documents.htm#expenditure

Archive

• February 2012
• January 2012
• December 2011
• November 2011
• October 2011
• September 2011
• August 2011
• July 2011
• June 2011
• May 2011
• April 2011
• March 2011
• February 2011
• January 2011
• December 2010

Salaries and Wages Information

The payments data is supplemented by the publication of salaries and wages information re the council’s chief officers. (see table below) 

Download the publication of salaries and wages in PDF format 43.43 KB

Download the publication of salaries and wages in CSV format 

Other Information 

Gross Pay Cost (per 2010/11 RO Return): £214.245m

** In addition both the Chief Executive and the Head of Pensions have responsibility for the payment of £500 million Pension Benefit payments and for over £10 billion of Pension Fund Assets

An analysis of the Council structure can be found via the attached link :
Structure of the Executive Cabinet and Leadership Team 370.66 KB

If you have any queries regarding any of the payments or further information on the salaries and wages data contained on the files please submit a Freedom of Information request or contact Customer Services on  0161 342 8355.