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Transparency

As part of the Council's policy to be transparent, and further to the new coalition government's plans to improve transparency within local councils, information and documents relating to Southampton City Council's expenditure and other details are as follows:

Information on our spending

1. Annual Accounts

All councils have to publish a Statement of Accounts covering specified matters. It shows how we have used public money, and that we have been honest and responsible. The Council’s Statement of Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting code of Practice and can be
downloaded in PDF format below.

Annual Statement of Accounts 2010-11 (PDF)

Annual Statement of Accounts 2009-10 (PDF)

Annual Statement of Accounts 2008-09 (PDF)

Annual Statement of Accounts 2007-08 (PDF)

2. All payments made with a value of over £500

3. Future contract spending plans

The details shown in the downloadable PDF document below relate to supplies, works and services contracts currently being provided to Southampton City Council which have individual total contract values in excess of £100,000 and are due to expire within the next six to 12 months.

Forthcoming opportunities to supply - September 2011 (PDF)

Forthcoming opportunities to supply - September 2011 (Excel)

4. Major council projects

Details of major projects that are currently being or have been undertaken by Southampton City Council and its partners.

September 2010 Capital Programme (PDF)

September 2010 Capital Programme (Excel)

Invest in Southampton Magazine - September 2010 (PDF)

5. Members allowances

6. Senior officer pay and benefits

7. Service spending costs

The reports below list all payments over £500. These details exclude any payments that directly identify individuals.

Service spending costs 2010 (PDF)

Service spending costs 2010 (Excel)

8. Total payments made by type of supplier for 2009/10

You can see a summary of the Council’s spending by type of supplier using the Spotlight on Spend website accessed by the link below. This shows our annual spending categorised by type of supplier according to a standard classification scheme. There are further details explaining how the classification scheme works on the Spotlight on Spend website itself. Suppliers with whom there was a total spend of less than £1,000 in the year are excluded from the data.

Please note that as all payments made to each supplier can only be allocated to one category, this categorisation can occasionally produce misleading results, especially for large national or multinational suppliers providing a range of products and services. For example, all the Council’s spend with our Strategic Services Partner, Capita Business Services Ltd, is categorised as “Consultancy” although we are primarily paying them to provide a range of support functions previously provided “in-house” including Customer Services, IT, Property Services, Procurement, HR and Payroll.

Spotlight on Spend - Southampton City Council

9. Gifts and Hospitality Register

Please see link below for the Gifts and Hospitality Register

Gifts and Hospitality Register

Related links

This website
Statement of Accounts
Procurement spend
Publication scheme

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