Model Publication Scheme

Information available from Fiskerton Parish Council under the model publication scheme

 

This publication scheme is based on the Model Publication Scheme as prepared and approved by the Information Commissioner.

 

Information to be published

How the information

can be obtained

Class1 - Who we are and what we do

 

Who’s who on the Parish Council and its Committees

Parish Council Notice Board Parish website

Contact details for Parish Clerk

Parish Council contact is via the Clerk

Parish Council Notice Board Parish website

Accessibility details for Parish Council activity is via the Clerk

Parish Council Notice Board Parish website

Staffing structure

Currently not applicable

Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it

Current and previous financial year only

 

Annual return form and report by auditor

Parish website / Hard copy

Finalised budget

Hard copy

Precept

Website – meeting minutes

Hard copy

Borrowing Approval letter

Currently not applicable

Financial Standing Orders and Regulations

Parish website / Hard copy

Grants given and received

Website – meeting minutes

List of current contracts awarded and value of contract

Website – meeting minutes

Members’ allowances and expenses

Currently not applicable

 

 

Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing

(Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews)

 

Parish Plan (current and previous year only

Currently not applicable

Annual Report to Parish or Community Meeting (current and/or previous year)

Parish website

Hard copy

Quality status

Currently not applicable

Local charters drawn up in accordance with DCLG guidelines

Currently not applicable

 

 

Class 4 – How we make decisions

(Decision making processes and records of decisions)

 

Timetable of meetings (Council, any committee/sub-committee meetings and parish meetings)

Parish website

Parish Council Notice Board

Agendas of meetings (as above)

Parish website

Parish Council Notice Board

Minutes of meetings (as above) – n.b. this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting.

Parish website / Hard copy

 

Reports presented to council meetings – n.b. this will exclude information that is properly regarded as private to the meeting.

Parish website/ Hard copy

 

Responses to consultation papers

Hard copy

Responses to planning applications

Available on the WLDC Planning Portal.

Bye-laws

Currently not applicable

 

 

Class 5 – Our policies and procedures

(Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities)

 

Procedural standing orders

Parish website / Hard copy

Committee and sub-committee terms of reference

Parish website / Hard copy

Delegated authority in respect of officers

Parish website / Hard copy

Code of Conduct

Parish website / Hard copy

Policy statements

Parish website / Hard copy

Policies and procedures for the provision of services and about the employment of staff

Currently not available

Internal policies relating to the delivery of services

Parish website / Hard copy

Equality and diversity policy

Parish website / Hard copy

Health and safety policy

Currently not available

Recruitment policies (including current vacancies)

Parish website / Hard copy

Policies and procedures for handling requests for information

Parish website / Hard copy

Complaints procedures (including those covering requests for information and operating the publication scheme)

Parish website / Hard copy

Records management policies (records retention, destruction and archive)

Parish website / Hard copy

Data protection and information security policies

Parish website / Hard copy

Schedule of charges (for the publication of information)

Parish website / Hard copy

 

 

 

Class 6 – Lists and Registers

Currently maintained lists and registers only

 

Any publicly available register or list (if any are held this will be publicised; in most circumstances existing access provisions will suffice)

 On application

Assets Register

Parish website /Hard copy

Disclosure log (indicating the information that has been provided in response to requests; recommended as good practice, but may not be held by parish councils)

Website – meeting minutes

Register of members’ interests

Available on the WLDC website/via Parish website

Register of gifts and hospitality

Currently not applicable

 

 

Class 7 – The services we offer

(Information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters produced for the public and businesses)

Current information only

 

Allotments

Website/Newsletter

Burial grounds and closed churchyards

Not applicable

Community centres and village halls

Not applicable

Parks, playing fields and recreational facilities

See asset register

Seating

See asset register

Litter bins and lighting

Not applicable

Memorials

Not applicable

Bus shelters

See asset register

Markets

Not applicable

Public conveniences

Not applicable

Agency agreements

Not applicable

A summary of services for which the council is entitled to recover a fee, together with those fees (e.g. burial fees)

Not applicable

 

 

Additional Information

Not applicable

 

Contact details:

The Clerk to Fiskerton Parish Council, 10 Rushfield Way, Branston, Lincoln, LN4 1FT

E-mail Clerk@Fiskerton-lincs.org.uk

 

Schedule of Charges

A charge will be made for provision of hard copies of any of the listed information as follows:

Photocopying is charged at 10p per copy for each A4 (black & white) sheet printed single sided.

Postage charges (if applicable) at the current 2nd Class Postage rates

A detailed search of records (for example the Parish Council Minutes or archive material) is subject to a charge of £10 per search plus the relevant photocopying charges.

The Parish Council is committed to keeping costs for requests for information to a minimum.  Occasionally additional costs may be incurred by the council and these would be notified to the applicant in advance and charged to the applicant in compliance with the Guidance on the Application of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (appropriate limit and fees) regulations 2004.

 

Note 1: Any information which is available on the Parish Council’s website is also available from the Council’s Office subject to the charges set out above for printed copies.

 

Note 2: Under Data Protection Legislation, the Parish Council is required to review regularly the information that it keeps and to destroy that which does not form part of its official records. Residents wishing to inspect information are therefore requested to telephone the Parish Council’s Office to ensure that the information they require is still available.

 

Information may also be inspected by prior appointment.