PET(4)-05-12 p1b
P-04-332 Local Authority Spending Details over £500
Petition wording
We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh
Government to place a statutory requirement on all local
authorities in Wales to publish details of all spending over
£500 in the interest of openness and transparency. The
details should be published online and in a format accessible to
the public with the freedom to re-use the data.
Petition raised by:
Jacqui Thompson
Petition first considered by Committee:September
2011
Number of signatures: 77
Supporting information:
Many English Councils now publish this information on their
websites. The information is already available on various internal
council databases so would merely need to be collated centrally and
in a form suitable for access and in compliance with the Data
Protection Act.. Initial costs would be offset by a reduction in
the volume of Freedom of Information requests received by Local
Authorities concerning spending details.
Please follow the link to access full consultation
response:
http://www.senedd.assemblywales.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=1742