We have to publish certain information under the Local Government Transparency Code 2015.
You can re-use this information (excluding any logos) under the terms of the Open Government Licence.
Constitution
We share information on our constitution.
Our constitution shows;
- how we operate,
- how we make decisions
- the procedures we follow to make sure our decisions are efficient, transparent and accountable to local people
Fraud
The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for investigating benefit fraud.
As part of the National Fraud Initiative, we share information on our investigation of non-benefit fraud such as council tax and non-domestic rates.
In 2023/24:
- number of occasions they use powers under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 2014, or similar powers – 2.
- employed one Fraud Officer (1 full time equivalent).
- employed two professionally accredited counter fraud specialists. Our Fraud Officer and our Audit, Insurance and Fraud Manager are accredited counter fraud specialists.
- spent £54,273 on the investigation and prosecution of fraud.
- total number of fraud cases investigated – 322 new fraud cases raised.
Grants
We offer grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.
We publish information about the grants we have awarded:
- Health and Wellbeing Grants
- Braintree District and Eastlight Community Fund Grants
- Grants awarded by current Councillors
- Grants awarded by retired Councillors
- UKSPF - grants and community gardens
- All other grants
For grants awarded by current or retired councillors, select a Councillor and then click on the ‘Councillor Grant Scheme’ tab.
Local authority land
We publish information of all land and building assets. You can check our assets on the Transparency agenda asset list.
Organisation information
We publish our structure chart in April and September.
Our structure chart details the top three levels of employees in the Council and includes:
- Job grade
- Job title
- Whether the role is permanent or temporary
- Salary range in £5,000 steps and salary ceiling
We share information on the roles and responsibilities of our Corporate Management team.
We share our Budget Book. Our Budget Book has details of the budget for each service area.
We share information about current vacant posts.
We provide details of our gender pay gap.
Parking Account
The parking accounts provide a breakdown of income and expenditure on our parking service.
We share parking accounts information from 2014 to 2022.
The North Essex Parking Partnership (NEPP) Joint Committee produces an annual report which provides a breakdown of the enforcement activity and financial performance in each of the partner areas.
Parking Spaces
We provide details of the number of off-street and on street parking spaces.
We provide details of the spaces available in the local authority area and details of any charges that apply for Braintree and Witham car parks.
Pay multiple and Pay Policy Statement
The pay multiple is the ratio between the highest paid taxable earnings and the median earnings figure for our workforce.
Year 01/04/2023-31/03/2024 our pay multiple was 4.32:1.
Please see further information in our annual Pay Policy Statement.
Procurement Information
We don’t publish information about:
- a Government procurement card, as we do not own one
- waste collections, as these are dealt with in house
You can find our current and awarded contract and tender opportunities by searching Contracts Finder on GOV.UK.
Further information can be found on our 'contract opportunities' and 'contract register' pages.
Spending over £250
We publish monthly reports of payments we made to suppliers over £250.
Social housings asset value
We transferred our housing stock to Greenfields Community Housing Association in 2007. Now known as Eastlight Community Homes.
We closed our Housing Revenue Account on 31 March 2012.
Trade Union Facility Time 2023/24
As we are a public sector organisation, we must report on our trade union facility time as required under the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 and the Transparency Code.
Total number of Trade union representatives and full-time equivalents
- Trade union representatives (Unison and GMB): 7
- FTE trade union representatives: 6.6
Percentage of working hours spent on facility time
- 0% of working hours: 0 representatives
- 1 to 50% of working hours: 7 representatives
- 51-99% of working hours: 0 representatives
- 100% of working hours: 0 representatives
Total pay bill and facility time costs
- Total pay bill: £21,339,402
- Total cost of facility time: £2,445
- Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.01%
Paid trade union activities
- Hours spent on paid facility time: 102
- Hours spent on paid trade union activities: 8
- Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid TU activities: 7.84%
This page was last updated July 2024.
