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Bishopstone Parish Council
The Publication Scheme Under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Parish Councils and other local
authorities must have a "Publication Scheme". The aim of the
scheme is to make sure that certain information held by the council is
easily available to anyone who wants to see it. The Act lays down what
information must be available. Bishopstone
Parish Council has agreed that its Publication Scheme will cover all the
categories of information required by the Act. Some of the information
will be available from the Parish Clerk and the rest will be available
from Salisbury District Council. The list below describes the information
included in the Publication Scheme and explains how it can be obtained.
The list includes everything which the Act requires to be in the Scheme
but, in practice, we cannot make some of these items available because
they do not exist e.g. we do not have any sub committees and therefore
there are no minutes for them. Minutes
of council, committee and sub-committee meetings; procedural standing
orders; council's Annual Report to the Parish Meeting. Available
from Parish Clerk (address below) 2.Code
of Conduct Members'
Declarations of Acceptance to Office; Members Register of Interests;
Register of Members' Interests Book Available
from Salisbury District Council (address below) 3.Periodic
electoral review This
is information concerning changes to the electoral arrangements for
parish, town and community councils. It includes recommendations for the
creation of new wards, proposals for the names of new wards, the amendment
of existing wards, proposals for the names of new wards and alterations to
the number of councillors to be elected to the council. Information
relating to the last Periodic Electoral Review of the council area.
Information relating to the latest boundary review of the council area. Available
from Salisbury District Council (address below) 4.
Employment practice and procedure Terms
and conditions of employment; job descriptions. Available
from Parish Clerk (address below) 5.
Planning documents Responses
to planning applications. Available
from Salisbury District Council (address below) 6.
Audit and accounts Annual
return form - limited to the last financial year; annual statutory report
by the auditor (internal and external) - limited to the last financial
year; receipt/payment books, receipt books of all kinds, bank statements
from all accounts - limited to the last financial year; precept request -
limited to the last financial year; VAT records - limited to the last
financial year; financial standing orders and regulations; assets
register; risk assessments. Available
from Parish Clerk (address below) If
you know of anyone who because of language problems or a disability cannot
get access to the information, please inform the Parish Clerk. The Acting Parish Clerk is Trevor Long, 18, The Croft, Bishopstone, Salisbury, SP5 4DF Telephone 01722 780448 e-mail bishopstone@talktalk.net Salisbury District Council can be contacted at Salisbury District Council, PO Box 2117, Salisbury, SP2 2DS Telephone 01722 336272 e-mail: thecouncil@salisbury.gov.uk |