Council spend over £500
The Council provides details of payments that have been made to suppliers and other parties on a monthly basis with a transaction value exceeding £500 (exclusive of Value Added Tax).
Spending, for the purposes of these reports includes that on goods, supplies and services, transport, contracts, capital expenditure and grants but excludes:
- Payments made to staff
- Housing Benefits
- Financing and Investments
- Sensitive social care information, e.g. payments to foster carers
- Confidential information, such as Council Tax or Business Rate refunds.
Some supplier names have also been redacted as publishing this along with the payment details would be considered personal information about individuals.
Details of Council Spend
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend April 2022 |  (csv 660KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend May 2022 | (csv 836KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend June 2022 | (csv 708KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier July 2022 | (csv 736KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier August 2022 | (csv 731KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier September 2022 | (csv 741KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend October 2022 | (csv 729KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend November 2022 | (csv 749KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend December 2022 | (csv 715KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend January 2023 | (csv 751KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend February 2023 | (csv 728KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend March 2023 | (csv 1.18MB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend April 2021 | (csv 681KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend May 2021 | (csv 682KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend June 2021 | (csv 777KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend July 2021 | (csv 748KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend August 2021 | (csv 750KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend September 2021 | (csv 739KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend October 2021 | (csv 693KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend November 2021 | (csv 713KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend December 2021 | (csv 672KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend January 2022 | (csv 751KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend February 2022 | (csv 721KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend March 2022 | (csv 1.12MB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend March 2021 | (csv 1.15MB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend April 2021 | (csv 681KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend March 2021 (1) | (csv 1.15MB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend February 2021 | (csv 685KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend January 2021 | (csv 712KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend January 2021 (1) | (csv 710KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend - December 2020 | (csv 709KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend- November 2020 | (csv 720KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend- October 2020 | (csv 672KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend - September 2020 | (csv 675KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend - August 2020 | (csv 611KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend - July 2020 | (csv 672KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend - June 2020 | (csv 645KB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend - May 2020 | (csv 1.02MB) |
| Sefton Council Supplier Spend - April 2020 | (csv 620KB) |
For previous years spend, click here
Government Procurement Card Transactions
LGA Peer Review 2018/19
| Local Government Association Peer Review - Action Plan (Jan 2019) |  (pdf 493KB) |
| Sefton Council Peer Review Position Statement 2018 | (pdf 2.82MB) |
| Sefton Council Corporate Peer Challenge Feedback Report Sept 2018 | (pdf 140KB) |
| Sefton CPC Report April 2022 | (pdf 278KB) |
| Sefton Council LGA Position Statement 2022 | (pdf 13.03MB) |
| Sefton Council LGA CPC Progress Review Jan 2023 | (pdf 188KB) |
LGA Peer Report 2022
| Sefton CPC Report April 2022 | (pdf 278KB) |
Personnel
| Workforce Monitoring Report 2020-21 | (pdf 216KB) |
| Government Apprenticeship Reporting |  (word 13KB) |
| HR Monitoring Report Appendices 2020-21 | (pdf 490KB) |
| Trade Union Facility Time - Central Function 2021-22 | (pdf 125KB) |
| Trade Union Facility Time - Education 2021-22 | (pdf 123KB) |
| Gender pay gap reporting data as at 31.3.2021 | (word 28KB) |
| Gender pay gap reporting data as at 31.3.2022 | (word 26KB) |
| PAY POLICY 1.4.23 31.3.24 | (word 107KB) |
| Senior Salary Information |  (excel 20KB) |
Other Key documents
| Asset Disposal Policy Revd 22 | (word 185KB) |
| Asset Management Strategy Revd 22 | (word 171KB) |
| Land and Property Assets December 2020 | (word 353KB) |
| Staff fees for Elections 2015 | (pdf 79KB) |
| Voluntary Community Faith Sector VCF Review | (pdf 170KB) |
| Elections - scale of fees and charges | (pdf 105KB) |
| Ward Balances 2020 -2021 | (excel 20KB) |
Counter Fraud
| Counter Fraud Work 2019 20 | (pdf 31KB) |
| Counter Fraud 2020 21 | (pdf 90KB) |
| Counter Fraud 2021 22 | (pdf 90KB) |
Children's Services Improvement
| Children's Services Improvement Plan Phase 2 | (pdf 2.49MB) |
Payment of Invoices Performance Data
Under Regulation 113 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Council is required to publish performance data on an annual basis for the financial year ending 31 March for payment of valid and undisputed invoices within 30 days. The Council’s performance is included in the table below:
| Financial Year | Proportion of valid and undisputed* invoices paid within 30 days | The amount of interest actually paid to suppliers (£’s) due to late payment | The amount of interest potentially* liable to pay due to a breach of Regulation 113 |
| 2022/23 | 94% | Not separately identified | £89,979 |
| 2021/22 | 91% | Not separately identified | £115,699 |
| 2020/21 | 92% | Not separately identified | £74,316 |
| 2019/20 | 83% | Not separately identified | £188,899 |
| 2018/19 | 83% | Not separately identified | £413,700 |
| 2017/18 | 81% | Not separately identified | £393,030 |
| 2016/17 | 79% | Not separately identified | £301,580 |
*Please note: for the purpose of this exercise we are unable to differentiate invoices that may have been or are in dispute.
Parking
- Income and Expenditure is detailed in the following document
| Parking Income & Expenditure 2015-2018 | (pdf 365KB) |
- The 2018/19 levy for Sefton is £18,605m made to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for the provision of public transport services in the borough. The Parking surplus contributes towards this levy.
- Number of on-street parking spaces is estimated as 1400 pay and display bays (as individual bays are not marked). Does not include Residents Privileged Parking Bays.
- Number of off-street parking bays is 6300.
Waste contracts
- There are no waste contracts managed by Sefton Council that are in excess of £5k per annum.