Information and data

We are committed to giving you more information and power. This helps you:

• make more informed democratic choices
• contribute to the local decision-making
• shape our local services

Transparency is the foundation of local accountability. It gives you the tools and information you need to play a bigger role in society. The availability of data can also open new markets for:

• local business
• voluntary and community sectors
• social enterprises to run services or manage public assets

The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 explains the main principles for us to offer more transparency through the publication of data. It outlines the minimum requirements for us to publish open data for re-use quickly.

The data on this page is published under The Open Government Licence. This is a free open licence for public sector bodies like us to use and re-use information easily. If you want to use or re-use any of our data, please read the license conditions.

To meet the code requirements, we publish:

Financial data

We publish the following financial data:

• Expenditure exceeding £500
• Fraud

Contracts and procurement

We publish the following procurement information:

• Invitations to tender over £5,000
• Contracts awarded over £5,000

How we are organised

We publish the following documents on how we are organised:

• Our constitution

Assets

We publish the following information on our assets:

• Local authority land
• Social housing asset value

Human resources (HR) data

We publish the following information:

• Trade union facility time
• Senior salaries
• Organisational chart
• Pay multiples

More information

We also publish information on:

• waste collection
• parking account
• parking spaces
• grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations

For more information on these points, please contact us by emailing freedom@medway.gov.uk.

Or by writing to:

Information Governance Team, Legal Services
Medway Council
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham
Kent, ME4 4TR