Consultation outcome

Improving local government transparency

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
Published
25 October 2012
Last updated
12 December 2013 鈥� See all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Ref: ISBN 9781409840954

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Detail of outcome

This document provides the government鈥檚 response to the 鈥業mproving local government transparency鈥� consultation and includes a draft revised transparency code to outline the changes.

Original consultation

Summary

Consultation about making the 'Code of recommended practice for local authorities on data transparency' a legal requirement.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

Following the publication of the 鈥楥ode of recommended practice for local authorities on Data Transparency鈥� in September 2011, ministers would now like to make the code a legal requirement via regulations, subject to consultation.

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has the power to enforce the code through regulations via the , Section 3.

Ministers wish to hear from all those local authorities listed in paragraph 4 of the code. They would also like to hear from relevant bodies, open data experts, developers, citizen activists and other interested parties.

Documents

PDF, 135 KB, 29 pages

Updates to this page

Published 25 October 2012
Last updated 12 December 2013 show all updates

  1. Added amended government response pdf.

  2. Added 'Code of recommended practice for local authorities on data transparency: government response to consultation'.

  3. First published.

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