Transparency

The Government is committed to increasing transparency across all public sector bodies. As part of the new arrangements for local government, the Authority is publishing the following information:

 Expenses paid to Members of the Authority

Here you will find details of expenses paid to Authority Members.   Records for earlier years are available on request from our finance department.

• Fire Authority Members Expenses 2011-12
• Fire Authority Members Expenses 2010-11
• Fire Authority Members Expenses 2009-10
• Fire Authority Members Expenses 2008-09
• Fire Authority Members Expenses 2007-08

Senior Officer salary information

Here you will find details of the salaries paid to the Authority’s Principal Officers and Function Heads.

• Senior Salary information at October 2012
• Senior salary information at December 2011
• Senior salary information at April 2011
• Senior salary information at October 2010

Expenses paid to Senior Officers

Here you will find details of expenses paid to the Authority's Principal Officers and Function Heads.

• Senior officer expenses April 2012 to September 2012

Staff Pay and Grading Structure

Our staff pay and grading structure for current and previous years is shown below.

• Staff Pay and Grading Structure June 2012
• Staff Pay and Grading Structure January 2012
• Staff Pay and Grading Structure January 2011
• Staff Pay and Grading Structure September 2010
• Staff Pay and Grading Structure April 2009
• Staff Pay and Grading Structure November 2008

More details of our structure are available on our Organisational Chart.

Pay Policy Statement 2012-13

Here you will find the pay structure for employees.

• Pay Policy Statement

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003 require the Authority to disclose the number of staff receiving payments, including taxable benefits, of more than £50,000 in the relevant financial year. This information can be found in our Statement of Accounts.

Creditor payments

This section includes details of monthly creditor payments on all goods and services.

Charging regime

This section includes the scales of charges which we make for various services.

Special Service Calls
The Fire & Rescue Services Act 2004 empowers Fire Authorities to use the Brigade and their equipment for purposes other than firefighting if they think fit, and to make a charge for any service rendered. Further details can be found in the procedure below.

• Special Service Calls Procedure
• Special service charges

Other Charges

• Other charges

Details of our budgets, capital expenditure, annual financial audits and internal financial regulations can be seen in Financial Information.