Cornwall - Members’ Allowances Scheme 2024-2025
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CORNWALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS’ ALLOWANCES SCHEME 2024-2025
This Notice is published in accordance with Regulation 16 (1) of the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances)(England) Regulations 2003.
Cornwall Council is required to make a Scheme of Allowances for Members (‘the Scheme’) and to periodically establish an Independent Remuneration Panel (‘the Panel’) to advise the Council on the Scheme and the amounts that should be paid. On 31 January 2023, Cornwall Council considered a report from the Panel and decided to adopt its recommendations.
The Panel’s report can be found on the Council’s website at Agenda for Cornwall Council on Tuesday, 31st January, 2023, 10.30 am - Cornwall Council (Agenda No. 6), https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?Cld=584&Mid=11701&Ver=4 and the recommendations of the Panel are reflected in the Scheme detailed in this Notice.
This included the decision that the Scheme be subject to an annual adjustment based on the previous year’s agreement on the officer pay award. The Scheme has been amended for the 2024-2025 financial year (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025) in accordance with the annual adjustment decision and accordingly it has not been necessary to convene the Panel, as the amendment accords with the recommendations of the Panel adopted on 31 January 2023.
The Scheme sets out the Basic Allowance payable to all Members; the allowances paid to those Members holding a position of Special Responsibility; the amounts payable in respect of Dependants’ Carers’ Allowance; the Parental Leave Policy and the rates for travel and subsistence allowances.
The Scheme is available within the Constitution on the Council’s website at https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/documents/s175539/15MembersAllowancesScheme.pdf
The Scheme is also available for inspection at the Council’s principal office at New County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro, TR1 3AY during normal office opening hours, but by appointment only.
Records kept of payments made under the Scheme, in accordance with Regulation 15(1) and (2) of the 2003 Regulations, are also available for inspection at the Council’s principal office, as above, and also by appointment only.
Cornwall Council Members’ Allowances Scheme 2024-2025
Schedule of Allowances
This Scheme is subject to an annual adjustment for the Basic and Special Responsibility Allowances which is based on the previous year’s agreement on the officer pay award.
| Allowance | Rate 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 (per annum unless otherwise stated) |
|---|---|
| Basic allowance | |
| All Councillors (excluding co-opted members) | £18,367.84 |
| Special responsibility allowances | |
| Band One: Leader | £33,980.51 |
| Band Two: Deputy Leader | £25,485.38 |
| Band Three: Cabinet Members; Chairman of the Council | £23,786.36 |
| Band Four: Vice-Chairman of the Council | £11,893.18 |
| Band Five: Chairman, Overview and Scrutiny Committee | £10,194.15 |
| Band Six: Chairmen, Strategic Planning Committee, Sub-Area Planning Committee, Audit and Pensions Committee and Cornwall Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority |
£6,796.10 |
| Band Seven: Chairman, Constitution and Governance Committee, Licensing Act Committee, Miscellaneous Licensing Committee, Vice Chairman, Overview and Scrutiny Committee |
£5,097.08 |
| Band Eight: Chairman, Harbours Board, Joint Committees, Standards Committee. Vice-Chairmen, Strategic Planning Committee, Sub-Area Planning Committee, Audit Committee and Pensions Committee and Cornwall Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority. |
£3,398.05 |
| Band Nine: Vice-Chairmen, Constitution and Governance Committee, Licensing Act Committee, Miscellaneous Licensing Committee. |
£2,548.54 |
| Band Ten: Vice-Chairmen, Harbours Board and Standards Committee. |
£1,699.03 |
| Independent Persons on the Standards Regime. | £1,888.50 |
| Co-optees Allowance: Independent non-elected Members and Parish/ Town Council Members of Standards Committee. Independent non-elected Members of Audit. |
£1590.51 |
| Dependants’ Carers’ Allowance: | |
| Child Care; Care of Elderly or Disabled People (in accordance with the provisions in Appendix 2 to the Scheme of Allowances) | Formal Care – Full cost. Informal Care- £7.20 per hour per adult dependant. £4.25 per hour for childcare |
| Travelling Allowance (paid when carrying out approved duties as defined in Appendix 1 to the Scheme of Allowances) (VAT fuel receipts dated the month for which the claim relates must be attached to the claim form): |
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Car Motorcycle Bicycle Passenger supplement: each passenger up to 4 Reimbursement for mileage beyond Cornwall shall be based on the cheapest standard class return rail fare |
45p per mile 24p per mile 20p per mile 5p per mile |
Subsistence Allowance (paid when carrying out approved duties as defined in Appendix 1 to the Scheme of Allowances).
A valid receipt for the actual expenditure incurred must accompany and support each claim otherwise no reimbursement shall be made.
| Maximum claimable: | |
|---|---|
| Breakfast | £ 8.26 |
| Lunch | £12.45 |
| Evening Meal | £17.80 |
| Overnight Provision (bed and breakfast) | £107.36 |
| Major cities (except London) | £138.79 |
| London | £178.06 |
| Accommodation with relatives or friends | £ 34.70 |
* No Member will receive payment for more than one SRA and they will be permitted to choose which they accept where such circumstances apply.
** Appendices 1 and 2 to the Scheme of Allowances are available within the Constitution on the Council’s website at https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/documents/s175539/15MembersAllowancesScheme.pdf
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