The information we make available to you is organised under specific areas or 'classes' of information approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). These classes are:
- Who we are and what we do - organisational information, locations and contacts, constitutional and legal governance
- What we spend and how we spend it - financial information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, tendering, procurement and contracts
- What our priorities are and how we are doing - strategy and performance information, plans, assessments, inspections and reviews
- How we make decisions - policy proposals and decisions, decision making processes, internal criteria and procedures, consultations
- Our policies and procedures - current policies and procedures for delivering our functions and responsibilities
- Lists and registers - information held in registers required by law and other lists and registers relating to the functions of the authority
- Services we offer - advice and guidance, transactions and news releases, a description of the services offered
- Datasets - our requirements and charges
Information not included
The classes of information will not generally include:
- information the disclosure of which is prevented by law, or exempt under the Freedom of Information Act, or is otherwise properly considered to be protected from disclosure
- information in draft form
- information that is no longer readily available as it is contained in files that have been placed in archive storage, or is difficult to access for similar reasons.