Local Government Transparency Code 2015

Local Government Transparency

As part of TfGM’s commitment to be open and transparent with the residents of Greater Manchester, we have committed to voluntarily comply with the Local Government Transparency Code 2015.

The data is published on our page on the data.gov.uk website, where you will also find other open data we make available.

Quarterly publication

• Expenditure exceeding £500
• Procurement contract register

Annual publication

• Land and property assets
• Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations
• Organisation structure
• Trade union facility time
• Parking spaces – Metrolink
• Parking spaces – rail stations
• Senior employees
• Senior salaries
• Constitution – in progress
• Pay multiple
• Fraud investigation

Other data required for publication but not included in the data.gov.uk pages includes:

• Invitations to tender – available regionally via The Chest, the North West’s Local Authority Procurement Portal
• Social housing assets – not applicable to TfGM as we do not own any social housing stock
• Parking account – not applicable to TfGM as we do not charge for any of our parking spaces
• Government procurement cards – not applicable to TfGM as we do not use Government
• Information relating to the COVID-19 Light Rail Revenue Restart Grant (LRRRG) - this can be found on TfGM's dedicated webpage.

Travel Schemes

Concessionary Travel Scheme

Transport for Greater Manchester is responsible for administering the Concessionary Travel Schemes established by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) pursuant to the Transport Act 2000 and the Transport Act 1985.

The current travel concession reimbursement arrangements are detailed in the Transport Act 2000 Reimbursement Arrangements 1 April 2020 and the TfGM 1985 Act Concessionary Scheme 4 September 2022..

Capped Fare Scheme

Transport for Greater Manchester is responsible for administering the Capped Fare Scheme established by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) in accordance with Article 3(2) of Regulation 1370/2007 EU (as now incorporated into UK law) and its powers under Section 113A of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

The Capped Fare Scheme came into operation on 8 January 2023 and is detailed in the Capped Fare Scheme 08 01 23