Publication scheme

Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

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Publication Scheme

The Council's Publication Scheme sets out the types of information the Council makes available, which fall into the following main categories:

Who we are and what we do
What we spend and how we spend it
What our priorities are and how we are doing
How we make decisions
Our policies and procedures
Lists and registers
Services provided by the Council

The table below summarises the information available and whereabouts it can be found on our website.

**Publication Scheme**
Category of information	Piece of information	Website link to information
Who we are and what we do	Council constitution	Constitution
	Council democratic structure	Committee structure
	Council directorate structure	Management structure
	Location and opening times of Council properties	How to find our offices
	Currently elected councillors information and contact details	Councillors
	Contact details for all customer facing departments	How to get in touch
	Most recent election results	Results of Abingdon Dunmore by-election (Oct 2009) Results of the 2007 local elections
	Relationships with other authorities	Partnership working
What we spend and how we spend it	Financial statements, budgets and variance reports	Finance
	Capital programme	Details of capital programme can be found in the budget papers by year in our Finance section
	Spending reviews	Details of annual reviews can be found in the budget pages by year in our Finance section
	Financial audit reports	These can be found in our statement of account pages by year in our Finance section
	Members allowance scheme and allowances paid under it to Councillors each year	Members allowances scheme and allowances paid can be found in the statement of account pages by year in our Finance section
	Staff allowances and expenses	Working at the Council
	Pay and grading structure	Available on request
	Election expenses	Available on request
	Procurement procedures	Doing business with the Council
	Details of contracts currently being tendered	Current tenders
	List of contracts awarded and their value	Not yet produced
	District auditors reports	The Audit Commission's annual audit and inspection letter can be found in the statement of account pages by year in our Finance section
	Financial statements for projects and events	Details can be found in the budget pages by year in our Finance section
	Internal financial regulations	Financial regulations
	Funding for partnership arrangements	Working in partnership
What our priorities are and how we are doing	Annual reports	Policies and plans
	Strategies and business plans for services provided by the Council	Policies, strategies and plans
	Best value performance plan	Best value performance plan
	Internal and external organisation performance reviews	Corporate governance reporting
	Strategies developed in partnership with other authorities	Working in partnership
	Economic development action plan	Not held but see Community Strategy
	Forward plan	Forward plan
	Capital strategy	Details can be found in the budget papers by year in our Finance section
	Best value performance indicators	Best value perfomance plan and Corporate governance reporting
	District auditors reports on best value performance plan and performance indicators	The Audit Commission's annual audit and inspection letter can be found in the statement of account pages by year in our Finance section
	Comprehensive performance assessment	Comprehensive performance assessment
	Inspection reports	Comprehensive performance assessment
	Local area agreements	See the Oxfordshire Partnership website
	Statistical information produced in accordance with the Council's departmental requirements	Corporate governance reporting
	Impact assessments	Information about Equality Impact Assessments can be found on pur page What are the Council's plans to increase access to its services
	Service standards	Customer service standards
	Public service agreements	See the Oxfordshire Partnership website
How we make decisions	Timetable of Council meetings	Calendar of meetings
	Agendas, officers reports, background papers and minutes of Council committees and sub committees	Meetings, agendas and minutes
	Major policy proposals and decisions	Decisions
	Facts and analyses of facts considered when framing major policies	Planning policy's evidence base
	Public consultations	Consultation
	Internal communications guidance, criteria used for decision making, internal instructions, manuals and guidance	Rules for procedure
Our policies and procedures	Policies and procedures for conducting council business	Rules for procedure
	Policies and procedures for delivering our services	Policies, strategies and plans
	Policies and procedures about the recruitment and employment of staff	Jobs
	Customer service	How to make a comment, complaint or suggestion
	Records management and personal data policies	Access to information
	Charging regimes and policies	Commercial services
Lists and registers	Public registers and registers held as public records	Public register of licences; Land charges and Building Control records
	Asset registers and information asset register	Not held
	Disclosure logs	Not held
	Register of councillors financial and other interests	These details are held by Councillor in our Your Councillors section
	Register of gifts and hospitality	A register of interests is held per Councillor in our Your Councillors section
	Highways, licensing, planning, commons, footpaths etc	- Highways see Oxfordshire County Council's website; Licensing - see our Public register of licences; Planning - see our Public access planning database; Commons - see Oxfordshire County Council's website; Footpaths - see Oxfordshire County Council's website
	Register of electors	Electoral register
Services provided by the Council	Regulatory and licensing responsibilities	Licensing
	Services for local businesses	Business
	Services for other organisations	Community grants, Oxfordshire Key or Outside bodies
	Services for members of the public	What services is this Council responsible for
	Services for which the Council is entitled to recover a fee, together with those fees	Commercial services
	Information for visitors to the area, leisure information, events, museums and libraries	See Visit Vale website
	Leaflets, booklets and newsletters	Publications, newsletters and leaflets
	Advice and guidance	Community support and advice
	Media releases	Press releases
	Election information	Elections and electoral registration