Spotlight on our spending

Spending on services

We are one of the biggest district councils in England and offer a wide range of services such as street cleaning, leisure, recycling and community care for over 135,000 residents. Many of these services, such as our local housing stock of over 5,000 homes, are not supplied by other councils.

One of the Council's core values is that our work will be publicly accountable and presented with openness and transparency. So, as part of a move to make our information more easily available, any spending over £500 with external suppliers during the financial year 2009-10 is available online. You can search and view this financial data using the Spotlight on Spend national website.

Management salaries and benefits

We are also committed to continuous improvement and providing you with relevant and cost effective services. Our corporate management team is responsible for the strategic and daily operation of the Council and works closely with councillors to advise and assist them.

You can view their salaries, benefits and other information about them by following links in the related pages section of this page. There is also a link to more details about the 48 local councillors.

Have your say

We want residents' involvement and any views or ideas about where we could save more money in the future. Please submit your comments or suggestions using the form linked to the related pages section on this page.

We were the first council in Surrey and the second in the country to implement the new Spotlight on Spend system and we will continue to develop this initial information. If you spot anything that you want to clarify, you can also submit any queries regarding this data using the same online form.