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Transparency

Information on different subjects is available on this page. To go directly to each section please click on the following links:

Transparency in Council Spending

To promote openness and accountability, Swale Borough Council is committed to providing detailed information about our spending. We believe that transparency in how we use public funds is essential for maintaining the trust and confidence of our community.

Spending Over £250

We publish details of all payments made to suppliers over £250. This includes the date, amount, and purpose of each payment. You can access the spending data for the last five years through our downloadable reports below.

Spending Over £500

In line with the initiative urged by the Communities Secretary, we publish details of all spending over £500. This initiative aims to increase transparency and allow residents to see how their money is being spent. The spending data for the last five years is available below.

Monthly Information

For each month, the following information is shown:

  • date of invoice
  • transaction number (a unique reference number - to find out more about a payment, please quote this number)
  • amount paid on the invoice
  • name of the supplier paid
  • the service where it was spent

Please note that the information is based on the payment date.

Publication of these lists forms part of our commitment to be open and transparent with its residents. All data provided is freely re-usable under the following terms: Data Terms and Conditions.

The target for the total percentage of invoices paid within 30 days is 91%. The percentage of the invoices paid within 30-days for 2023/24 was 98.97% and the amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment was nil. Our current percentage for 2024/25 is 99.52% with zero interest paid to suppliers due to late payments.

If you have any other questions about a payment then please contact the Customer Service Centre and quote the amount and transaction number.

Spend per month documents

Find the data we have on spend per month.

Pay Policy Statement and senior staff salaries

The Government has set out its clear commitment to improved transparency about how it spends public money. This includes details of the size and shape of public bodies and about the remuneration provided to senior public servants. This is consistent with the Information Commissioners guidance that senior public servants should expect a degree of scrutiny of their remuneration arrangements. The Pay Policy Statement sets out details of the terms and conditions for employees at the council including the details about salaries of senior staff. The organisation chart illustrates how the council is structured.

Below you will find documents relating to senior staff salaries and our organisational chart.

More information may be found at Local Government Transparency Programme.

Gender pay gap

From 2017, any employer that has 250 or more employees will need to publish and report specific figures about their gender pay gap.

The gender pay gap is the difference between the average earnings of men and women, expressed relative to men’s earnings.

The Council must both:

  • publish the gender pay gap data and a written statement on the council website
  • report the data on the government gender pay gap reporting website

The figures must be calculated using a snapshot of the salary data on 31 March each year.

You can download our gender pay gap report (PDF 690KB).

You can also read our Workforce Strategy for 2020 to 2025.

Mean Hourly Pay:

  • Males £20.46
  • Females £18.47

Pay Gap - 9.73%

Median Hourly Pay:

  • Males £17.57
  • Females £15.82

Pay Gap - 9.96%

Proportion of Employees Receiving Bonus Pay:

  • Males – 7.89%
  • Females- 14.62%

Open data communities

Find out more about open data communities on the Department for Communities and Local Government (the DCLG) website.

The pages in this link illustrate a selection of the data held by the DCLG relative to the Swale Borough Council area, broken down into 5 general sub-headings of Housing, Finance, Deprivation, Wellbeing and Geography.

Voluntary and community sector grants

The separate registers below in CSV format focus on and list grants from Swale Borough Council to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.

Workforce equality data

Find the data we have on workforce equality.

Property services data

Find the data we have on Property services data

Contracts Register

Find the data we have on our contracts.

View our commissioning and procurement page for information on tendering opportunities.

You can view our contracts register online.

Parking

Find the data we have on parking data.

Fraud

Find the data we have on fraud data.

External inspection and peer review

Read about our peer review.

Organisational chart

You can download the organisational chart.

Constitution

To read our constitution, visit the council section of our website.

Registers

Our registers, including public health funerals and licensed houses in multiple occupation.

Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) permits

Register of animal establishments

Caravan sites

Members' allowances

Register of licensed HMOs

Assets of community value

The list of assets of community value includes maps showing the locations of the assets, which is available online only. Alternatively, you can download the maps for:

Vehicles with wheelchair access

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