Open data: Transparency in local government

We are committed to being open about how we work, our decision-making processes and the services we provide.

The local government transparency code requires us to publish certain information. We also use feedback and common freedom of information requests to identify other data to publish.

The datasets on this page are published under the Open Government Licence. You can use them for any purposes, including for commercial and research activities.

Where possible, we publish data in two formats:

  • a ‘human-readable’ format, such as PDF
  • a ‘machine-readable’ format that does not need any specific software, such as CSV or XML

Constitution

Employee data on 1 April of each year

Council structure

Details of staff in the top three levels of the organisation.

Read about the council to see our latest structure chart.

Senior employees

Number of employees with a remuneration of at least £50,000.

Senior employee salaries

Details of remuneration for staff earning £50,000 or more.

Pay multiple

Ratio of the highest-paid post and the average salary.

Trade union facility time

Trade unions represented in the local authority and staff representatives.

Apprentices

We are committed to providing apprenticeship opportunities for new and existing employees. Our apprenticeship scheme can help people to take their first steps into local government, learn new skills and gain accredited qualifications while earning a salary. Our apprenticeships also support existing employees to develop new skills and to progress their careers.

  • We employed 19 apprentices as of 31 March 2024.
  • We had eight apprenticeship enrolments between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024, which equates to 0.9% of all employees.
  • 2.2% of council employees were on apprenticeship programmes during this period.

Finance

Contracts and procurement [CSV, 74Kb]

Car parks

Parking enforcement

Parking enforcement in council run off-street parking sites is carried out by Cambridgeshire County Council. This dataset provides details of the number of penalty charge notices (PCN) issued in our car parks.

Parking spaces

We provide 3,688 off-street parking spaces, including:

  • 3,359 standard parking spaces
  • 9 car club parking spaces
  • 149 disabled parking spaces
  • 88 electric-charging parking spaces
  • 70 parent-and-child parking spaces
  • 10 Shopmobility parking spaces

Cambridgeshire County Council manages on-street parking in the city.

Spaces at our multi-storey car parks

Spaces at our multi-storey car parks
Car park Grafton East car park Grafton West car park Grand Arcade car park Park Street car park Queen Anne Terrace car park
Standard spaces 820 272 902 185 522
Disabled spaces 48 6 35 16 15
Electric charging spaces 2 0 0 21 + 2 in disabled bays 2
Parent and child spaces 2 4 12 0 34
Shopmobility spaces 0 0 10 0 0
Total spaces 890 282 959 222 573

Spaces at our other paid car parks

Spaces at our other paid car parks
Car park Adam and Eve Street car park Castle Hill car park Gwydir Street car park Lammas Land car park Riverside car park
Standard spaces 18 82 21 75 10
Disabled spaces 4 4 1 4 0
Electric charging spaces 15 25 16 0 0
Car Club spaces 0 0 0 0 1
Total spaces 37 111 38 79 11

Spaces at our free car parks

Spaces at our free car parks
Car park Arbury Court car park Campkin Road car park Great Eastern Street car park Gwydir Street craft workshop entrance Petworth Street car park Sleaford Street car park Residential and commercial estates
Standard spaces 71 35 15 8 9 5 502
Disabled spaces 10 2 0 0 0 0 20
Electric charging spaces 12 12 2 0 0 0 2
Car Club spaces 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Total spaces 94 50 18 9 10 6 526

Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations

Area Committee Grants

Community Grants

Focus on Abbey Grants

Homelessness Prevention Grants

Sustainable City Grants

United with Ukraine Grants

Property

Land and building assets

Land and buildings that form part of our fixed assets.

Social housing asset value

Value of social housing stock held in our Housing Revenue Account.

Brownfield sites

The brownfield land register provides details on sites that the local planning authority considers to be appropriate for future residential development. It allows potential developers to easily identify the land within the city that is readily developable.

Fraud

Our counter-fraud work
Dataset 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Number of occasions we used our powers under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 2014 1 5 3
Number of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud 1 1 1
Number of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud (full-time equivalent) 1 1 1
Number of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists 1 1 1
Number of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists (full-time equivalent) 1 1 1
Total amount spent on the investigation and prosecution of fraud £45,614.03 £48,228.15 £51,367.22
Total number of fraud cases investigated 11 47 56
Total number of occasions on which fraud was identified 2 3 4
Total monetary value of the fraud that was detected £1,767.22 £54,000 £72,000
Total monetary value of the fraud that was recovered n/a n/a n/a
Total number of cases of irregularity investigated n/a n/a n/a
Total number of occasions on which irregularity was identified 9 18 16
Total monetary value of the irregularity that was detected £82,328.72 £112,128 £162,000
Total monetary value of the irregularity that was recovered n/a n/a n/a

Waste and recycling

Waste contracts: We don't have a contract for waste collection.

Datasets derived from FOI requests

These datasets are published in response to information frequently requested under the Freedom of Information Act. Datasets are updated on a quarterly basis unless otherwise stated. A schema is published alongside each dataset, this sets out field name and field type for each column of data as well as giving a description of the information it holds.

National assisted funerals

Details of funerals arranged by us following the death of an individual intestate and with no next of kin. We will not disclose address and date of birth details, which we believe are exempt from disclosure. In the cases of a referral of an estate to the Treasury Solicitor's Office, details are available from the unclaimed asset list.

Car park income

The number of parking tickets purchased and ticket income for our car parks.

Car park income data
Car park Tickets purchased 2022/23 Ticket income 2022/23 Tickets purchased 2023/24 Ticket income 2023/24
Adam and Eve Street car park 46,108 £124,303 32,039 £95,626
Castle Hill car park 46,594 £158,792 48,565 £156,122
Grafton East car park 337,109 £1,596,983 311,050 £1,425,014
Grafton West car park 244,922 £972,390 242,118 £984,174
Grand Arcade car park 911,152 £5,117,753 970,504 £5,107,785
Gwydir Street car park 37,430 £59,553 33,438 £62,980
Lammas Land car park 36,770 £115,629 34,016 £106,389
Park Street car park 0 £0 0 £0
Queen Anne Terrace car park 275,664 £1,309,118 294,958 £1,182,464
Riverside car park 2,004 £6,834 1,555 £5,526
Total 1,937,753 £9,461,355 1,968,243 £9,126,080

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