How money is spent

The council protects the way it spends public money in a number ways. The two main ways are:

• All major expenditure is subject to properly tendered and managed contracts which have been awarded to the suppliers that offer best value for money to the council.
• All expenditure is authorised by a senior member of staff. 

The main areas of spending

We think it is helpful for people using this data to be aware of the main areas in which we spend money.

Our largest services in terms of spending are:  

(*) Benefits payments are not included in this disclosure because they involve payments to individuals, which we may not disclose for reasons of privacy.