Cost of Councillor Pension Contributions

Dear Mr Fuller,

Freedom of Information enquiry reference ENQ8932.

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 received on 24 June 2010, which has been forwarded to the relevant section.

The scheduled date for our response to your request for information is 22 July 2010.

If you have any enquiries meantime please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Jean Reid
FOI Compliance Assistant

FoI Enquiries Team
Legal and Democratic Services
Corporate Governance
Aberdeen City Council
Town House
Broad Street
Aberdeen AB10 1AQ
Tel: 01224 522875/523827
Fax: 01224 638556
email: [Aberdeen City Council request email]

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Dear Mr Fuller,

Thank you for your information request of 24 June 2010, made under the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). Aberdeen City
Council (ACC) has completed the necessary search for the information
requested.

Please provide a list by councillor of cost to Aberdeen Council for
employee and employer contributions to Local Government Pension Scheme
(or Aberdeen Council equivalent) Please also provide details of accrued
liabilities relating to all Aberdeen Councillors who are current or past
members of Aberdeen pension scheme.

Pension costs are not broken down into categories of staff and within
the accounts there is a summary of the overall contributions made by the
Council and actuaries valuation of the share of liabilities and assets
that are attributable to Aberdeen City Council.

These figures are already published in our accounts and are on our
website at the following link:
http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/nmsruntim...

Please see attached Section 25 - Information Otherwise Accessible.

Information that is relevant is included in Note 11 to the Income and
Expenditure Account (page 22 of the document) and also Note 17 to the
Balance Sheet (pages 43 to 46 of the document)

We are unable to provide you with information on a list by Councillors
as it is exempt from disclosure. In order to comply with its obligations
under the terms of section 16 of the FOISA the Council must issue
official refusal notices in relation to any requests for which it is
claiming an exemption under the FOISA. I therefore attach a refusal
notice which specifically refuses your request under the terms of
Section 38(1)(b) - Personal Information and Section 25(1) - Information
Otherwise Accessible of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

We hope this helps with your request.

Yours sincerely,

Jean Reid
FOI Compliance Assistant

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you are unhappy with the response to your request for information,
or the way in which your request has been handled, you can submit a
complaint or request a review of our response. You should do this by 18
August 2010. To complain or request a review, write to:

City Archivist
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Aberdeen City Council
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Aberdeen
AB10 1AQ
[email address]

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decision unless you have been through the Council’s review procedure.
The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner
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FoI Enquiries Team
Legal and Democratic Services
Corporate Governance
Aberdeen City Council
Town House
Broad Street
Aberdeen AB10 1AQ
Tel: 01224 522875/523827
Fax: 01224 638556
email: [Aberdeen City Council request email]

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