Transparency
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority is committed to openness and transparency and this page sets out the mandatory data and other information that the Combined Authority publishes under the Local Government Transparency Code 2015.
Documents will be uploaded to this page as they are developed and given approval.
Pay Policy Statement
The Combined Authority’s Pay Policy Statement sets out the Combined Authority’s Pay Policy in relation to the remuneration of its employees in accordance with section 38 of the Localism Act 2011.
Expenditure Over £500
Statement of Accounts 2023/2024 (Period from 20 December 2023 to 31 March 2024)
Notice of rights of inspection in relation to the statement of accounts of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for the period ended 31 March 2024
Rights to inspect the statement of accounts and accounting records
Sections 25 and 26 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 provide local government electors with the right to inspect and make copies of the statement of accounts, accounting records and all documents relating to those records, for the financial year ended 31 March 2024. The Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Act 2017 extends those rights to include journalists and citizen journalists.
These rights may be exercised from 16 January 2025 and 26 February 2025 between the hours of 10am at County Hall, Racecourse Ln, Northallerton DL7 8AD, by informing Mike Russell of your intention to exercise your rights. Mike Russell can be contacted by email at mike.russell@yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk and via Sonia Wilson on sonia.wilson@yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk.
Rights to question the auditor and to make objections at audit
Under section 26 of the Act, a local government elector may question the auditor about the accounting records for the period ended 31 March 2024 and, under section 27 of the Act, a local government elector may make an objection to the auditor which:
- concerns a matter in respect of which the auditor could make a public interest report under section 24 of the Act; or
concerns an item of account in respect of which the auditor could apply for a declaration that the item is unlawful under section 28 of the Act. - These rights may be exercised from 16 January 2025 and 26 February 2025. Any requests to question the auditor and any objections must be made in writing to the auditor to the following address:
Forvis Mazars Bank Chambers
26 Mosley Street
Newcastle
NE1 1DF
United Kingdom
A copy of any objection must also be sent to the Combined Authority at the address set out above.
Appointment of Overview & Scrutiny Committee Members
The following appointments have been made to York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee in accordance with Article 4 of the Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) Order 2017.
How we make decisions
Find out about us and how the organisation is run including key meetings and our governance documents including the constitution.
Members’ code of conduct
Members are regulated by our code of conduct, and an ethical framework overseen by the Adult and Governance Committee.
View the code of conduct for members.
The code states that councillors must behave in certain ways, such as treating others with respect.
Complaining about a breach of the code of conduct
Before you submit a complaint, please consider whether or not it is an alleged breach of the code of conduct.
Complaints that a member may have breached the code of conduct must be made in writing using the complaint form (depending on your web browser the document may automatically download rather than open in a new browser window).
Monitoring Officer
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
County Hall
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL7 8AD
Tel: 01609 532173
Email: monitoring.officer@yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk
What happens next?
The Monitoring Officer will then assess the complaint, in consultation with the independent person for standards, in accordance with the local assessment criteria. The criteria and procedure for dealing with standards complaints is set out in the standards arrangement document.