Key Corporate Governance Policy Plans

Committees, council structure, delegated functions
and standing orders

•  Council and Committee Standing Orders [224kb] - details how we will conduct business.
• Councillors and Committees - provides a list of committees which oversee the workings of Glasgow City Council.
•  Scheme of Delegated Functions [424kb] - details decision making roles and responsibilities.
•  Contracts S0s [421kb] - defines how we will conduct the business of procuring works, goods and services.
• The Role of the Licensing Board - sets out the licensing board's approach to the regulation of liquor licensed premises in the city.
•  Decision Making Arrangements [123kb] - the committee papers which set out the arrangements within the council to make decisions, develop policy and provide scrutiny (refer to   Executive Committee Minutes 20 March 09 [123kb]). This was later restructured (refer to item 3 from the link).
•  Financial Regulations, Management & Control - A Code of Practice May 2022 [442kb]
•  Committee Terms of Reference December 2023 [258kb]

Members code of conduct, register of interests,
allowances and expenses

• Councillors and Committees - sets out the standards of behaviour expected of councillors in Scotland.
• Councillors and Committees - required to be completed by all members giving details any directorships, other employment, properties, gifts and hospitality received (refer to each member's web page for the member's declaration of interests).
• Elected Members - shows how much councillors were paid as salaries and expenses.

Performance, objectives and outcomes

• Strategic Plan- outlines future plans and key objectives for the city for the next three years.
• Glasgow City Council Performance Report - provides an indication of how well the council performed against its key objectives and the council plan.
• Statutory Performance Indicators - these are determined by the accounts commission and have to be publishes by every council in September.
• Glasgow household survey - provides the results of the bi-annual household survey conducted by a market research company.

Employees code of conduct

•  Code of Conduct for Employees [348kb] - sets out the standards of behaviour expected of ours officers and also includes the guidelines on hospitality and acceptance of gifts.
• Corporate HR Strategy - sets out the strategy to take a considered and planned approach to developing our employees.

Anti-bribery, whistleblowing, customer feedback
and freedom of information

• Anti - Bribery Policy - we have approved an anti-bribery policy statement.
• Whistleblowing - our policies on preventing fraud and corruption, rules and procedures, and whistleblowing and investigation procedures - outlines the methods in which our customers can send feedback about services.
• Publication Scheme and Guide to Information - our responsibilities with regard to compliance with freedom of information legislation.