Hemswell Cliff Parish Council

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides public access to information held by public authorities.

It does this in two ways:

• public authorities are obliged to publish certain information about their activities; and
• members of the public are entitled to request information from public authorities.

The Act covers any recorded information that is held by local authorities. Recorded information includes printed documents, computer files, letters, emails, photographs, and sound or video recordings.

In some cases, there will be a good reason why some information should not be made public. A request can be refused under the following circumstances:

• It would cost too much or take too much staff time to deal with the request.
• The request is vexatious.
• The request repeats a previous request from the same person.

The Act does not give people access to their own personal data (information about themselves) such as their health records or credit reference file. If a member of the public wants to see information that a public authority holds about them, they should make a subject access request under the Data Protection Act 1998.

Hemswell Cliff Parish Councils Freedom of Information documents can be accessed below:

• Freedom of Information Policy
• Publication Scheme and Charges

Here you can find Policies and procedures which the Parish Council use in the day to day running of the Council. Please click on the links below to open or download the PDF document.

• Standing Orders
• Financial Regulations

Booking Policies

• Ball Park
• Green Space

Committee Terms of Reference

• Ball Park Committee
• Neighbourhood Plan Committee
• Personnel Committee

Communications and Media

• Annual Plan
• Complaints Policy
• Engagement Strategy
• Media Policy
• Social Media Policy

Funding

• Small Grants Policy

Elected members

• Code of Conduct
• Training and Development Policy

Employment, Health & Safety and Staff

• Disciplinary and Grievance Policy
• Equal Opportunities Policy
• Health & Safety Policy
• Sickness Policy
• Lone Working Policy

Freedom of Information and Data Management

• Data Protection Policy
• Freedom of Information Policy
• Publication Scheme
• Records Management Policy

Planning

• Planning Policy

Risk Assessments

• Ball Park Risk Assessment
• Risk Management

General Data Protection Regulations

• Data Protection Document Instructions
• GDPR Consent Form
• Retention & Disposal Policy
• Information & Protection Policy
• Documents for Retention or Disposal
• Email Contact Privacy Notice
• Councillors Privacy Notice
• Hirers / Traders
• Privacy Impact Assessment
• Subject Access Form
• Data Security Breach Reporting Form