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 and Senior Officers

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

• Fire Authority Members Expenses 2011-12 1st April to 30th September
• 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 salary information

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

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

Staff Pay and Grading Structure

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

• 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.

Payments over £500

This section includes details of monthly expenditure over £500 on all goods and services.

Charging regime

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

• Special service charges
• Other charges
• Special Service Calls Procedure

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