What we spend and how we spend it

This page provides our key financial information and information under the transparency agenda

Spending and budgets

Our Council Tax leaflets set out our annual spending and budgets.

Our financial and procurement procedures

• Procurement procedures

• Internal Financial regulations and delegated authority

Transparency

The information required under the Transparency Code of Practice is listed here.

• Invoice payments over £500

• All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found using the following link: Blue Light Procurement Database (opens in new window)

• Annual statement of accounts - includes number of roles paid over £50,000 and Senior management remuneration and expenses Note: We are currently unable to publish the expenses paid to individuals by category

• Annual audit reports

• Senior management details, and posts paid over £50,000 - details can be found on our Statement of Accounts

• Management Information

• Staff pay and grading structure

• Expenses policy and expenses paid to Fire Authority Members

• Pay Policy Statement

• Trade Union facility time (new window, PDF 86KB)

Additional data sets

• Incidents

• Fleet lists

• Vintage appliances

• ICT details

• An annual Health and Safety report is presented to the Performance and Overview meeting, usually around November. You can find a copy within the agenda’s and papers for the meetings.

Note - the location of vehicles is subject to change for operational requirements.

Annual data about employees, incident types and numbers, vehicles, and Fire Safety audits (opens in new window)

This is published nationally, per fire service, by the Home Office and is particularly useful for research and comparing how different fire and rescue services operate.

Last updated: Thursday 07 April 2022