Council spending and salaries

Can I see a list of council spending? 

The council is committed to the Government’s Local Transparency Agenda and is publishing, quarterly, monthly items of spend over £500. The list of expenditure includes payments for goods and services grants to third-party providers and expenses. Certain payments for example to private individuals have been redacted under the Freedom of Information and Data Protection Acts.

The files listed below are the latest months published, with expenditure by type for example capital or revenue and by service department:

Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations

The files below contain details of grants awarded by the council to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations:

Coronavirus Business Support Grants

The file below contains detail of coronavirus support grants paid by the council to support businesses during 2020-21. Grants for 2021-22 will be published following the end of the financial year. Grants to individuals have been redacted.

Coronavirus Business Support Grants 2020-21 (excel 908kb)

Any queries in respect of any of the above data should be made in writing (either by letter or e-mail) to the Freedom of Information Coordinator to one of the following addresses:

Freedom of Information Coordinator
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Democratic Services
County Hall
Cross Street
Beverley
East Riding of Yorkshire
HU17 9BA.

By email: foi@eastriding.gov.uk 

Can I find details of senior officer salaries?

Remuneration of senior officers and the number of employees whose remuneration was at least £50,000 is contained in the council's Statement of Accounts.

Can I see the council's Pay Policy Statement?

The Pay Policy Statement below covers the pay of the council's Chief Officers as required by sections 38-42 of the Localism Act 2011:

Can I find a list of council contracts with a value over £5,000?

The council is committed to the Government's Local Transparency Agenda and is publishing quarterly procurement information for contracts over £5,000:

Procurement Data Transparency - August 2022 (excel 282kb)

Can I see details of the council’s trade union facility time?

2022 reporting

The Local Government Transparency Code requires the council to publish the following information relating to trade union facility time:

• 16 total number of union representatives - equivalent to 14.07 FTE 
• 3 total number of union representatives who devote at least 50% of time to union duties – equivalent to 2.45 FTE
  
• Names of all recognised trade unions - Unison, GMB, Unite, NAHT, UCU, NASUWT, NEU, VOICE, ASCL
• Estimate of spending on unions: 
  FTE days on TU duties = 441.09   
  Average salary £27,440pa = £105.26 per day
  441.09 x £105.26 = £46,429
• Basic estimate of spending on unions as a percentage of the total pay bill:
  £46,429.13 / £312,358,383.30 = 0.01%

In addition, the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 requires that the council publish the following information:

Trade union facilities time - council

Relevant Union Officials

What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period?

Percentage of time spent on facility time

How many of your employees who were relevant union official employed during the relevant period spent a) 0%, b) 1-50%, c 51-99%, d) 100% of their working hours on facility time?

Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

Provide the figures requested in the first column of the table below to determine the percentage of your total pay bill spent on paying employees who were relevant union officials for facility time during the relevant period.

Paid trade union activities

As a percentage of total paid facility time hours, how many hours were spent by employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period on paid trade union activities?

Trade union facilities time - education

Relevant Union Officials

What was the total number of your employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period?

Percentage of time spent on facility time

How many of your employees who were relevant union official employed during the relevant period spent a) 05, b) 1-50%, c 51-99%, d) 100% of their working hours on facility time?

Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

Provide the figures requested in the first column of the table below to determine the percentage of your total pay bill spent on paying employees who were relevant union officials for facility time during the relevant period?

Paid trade union activities

As a percentage of total paid facility time hours, how many hours were spent by employees who were relevant union officials during the relevant period on paid trade union activities?

Can I see data on the council's counter fraud work?

The Local Government Transparency Code requires the council to publish information about its counter-fraud work, this can be accessed on our whistleblowing page.

Can I see Payment Performance Statistics?

The council seeks to pay undisputed invoices to the terms agreed with suppliers and is required to publish payment performance data under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, section 113(7).

We are required to publish the percentage of invoices paid within 30 days, the interest liability for late payments and the amount paid in interest as charged by suppliers.

The information for the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/2022 are summarised below: 

Can I see Building Control Account Financial Information?

Publication of the financial performance of the building control account is required by The Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 section 6. 

The role of Building Control is principally to ensure the health and safety of people in and about buildings.  The service handles approximately 2,500 fee-paying applications every year from small domestic extensions to large-scale major projects such as power stations and hospitals.