Response 3629095

Response to request for information

Reference

3629095

Response date

14 February 2025

Request

1. Please can you confirm the cost of councillor's wages for each of the last ten years?
2. Please can you confirm the process of how these wages are calculated and the process for deciding the level of wages?
3. Please can you confirm the level of expenses paid to councillors in each of the last ten years? Who signs off on these expenses?
4. Please can you confirm the amount of expenses that have been claimed by council employees in the last five years please? A value for each year would be appreciated?
5. Please can you confirm the land assets value that is owned by the council?
6. Please can you confirm the income that is generated by the land owned by the council in the last five years?
7. Please can you confirm how much land assets has been sold off in the last five years?

Response

1. Please can you confirm the cost of councillor's wages for each of the last ten years?

   Please note: Councillors are not in receipt of a wage, Elected Councillors receive Allowances, we have the Basic Allowance (Paid to all Elected Councillors), Special Responsibility Allowance (In addition to the Basic where additional duties are taken on) and Civic Dignitary Allowance (for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor).

   The council publishes the Allowances that are paid to Councillors at the end of each financial year by councillor, this includes the total expenses paid. These can be found on our website here Members' Allowances - Rushcliffe Borough Council

2. Please can you confirm the process of how these wages are calculated and the process for deciding the level of wages?

   The level of the Allowances is set out within the Councils Constitution based on Rushcliffe adopting the ‘Leader and Cabinet’ Model of Executive Governance. The full details of the Constitution can be found on the Rushcliffe website, and the link specifically to the allowances and how they are agreed, and set can be found in the Constitution webpage.

3. Please can you confirm the level of expenses paid to councillors in each of the last ten years? Who signs off on these expenses?

   The constitution sets out the list of approved duties and expense allowances, Claims are approved prior to payment, and these are currently approved by one of the following            

   • Director of Finance & Corporate Services and Section 151 officer
   • Head of Service- Finance and Deputy Section 151 Officer
   • Head of service- Corporate Services
   • Constitutional Services Manager

   The value of the expenses paid are included within the published allowances documents using the link in Question 1.

4. Please can you confirm the amount of expenses that have been claimed by council employees in the last five years please? A value for each year would be appreciated?
   1. Total expenses
      • 2024-25 (so far) - £29561.76
      • 2023-24 - £31557.94
      • 2022-23 - £32041.72
      • 2021-22 - £26340.41
      • 2020-21 - £23984.99
      • 2019-20 - £46236.44
   2. Of which is mileage (incurred whilst undertaking their duties)
      • 2024-25 (so far) - £27506.70
      • 2023-24 - £29950.50
      • 2022-23 - £30177.00
      • 2021-22 - £25836.75
      • 2020-21 - £23495.97
      • 2019-20 - £42377.51
   3. Other travel and subsistence
      • 2024-25 (so far) - £2055.06
      • 2023-24 - £1607.44
      • 2022-23 - £1864.72
      • 2021-22 - £503.66
      • 2020-21 - £489.02
      • 2019-20 - £3858.93
5. Please can you confirm the land assets value that is owned by the council? £14.819m
6. Please can you confirm the income that is generated by the land owned by the council in the last five years? £4.164m
7. Please can you confirm how much land assets has been sold off in the last five years? £12.147m