Improving local government transparency
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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
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.