Essex County Council is making information about spending on items in excess of £500 available to the public in line with the commitment made by the coalition government.
By using the Spotlight on Spend tool, you will be able to see areas of spending over £1,000 for the current financial year to date (April 2010 – March 2011) and the previous financial year (April 2009 - March 2010). The tool also produces spreadsheets of payments made over £500.
Information on spending will be updated monthly, and will be available on Spotlight on Spend the following month.
In the interest of privacy, and in line with current legislation, we will not be publishing details of payments that are to an individual, such as payments to foster carers.
In addition to spend information, Essex County Council will also be publishing summary details of top level current contracts on this website. Information will be available in spreadsheet form, updated monthly, on the
Council Contracts page.
If you would like to know more about the information, please contact data.transparency@essex.gov.uk. We aim to acknowledge requests for information within three working days, and provide a full response within ten working days. In certain circumstances, we may respond under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. If this is the case, we will inform you of this.