HE director pay

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Dear University of Leeds,

Please provide the annual salary for the post of Director of your university, since the year 2000 until the present day.

If there are additional payments that the post attracts, such as relocation allowances, please include these.

Yours faithfully,

Daniel Payne

Tracey Crombie,

Dear Mr Payne

I can confirm receipt of the request below, and you should expect to hear from the University in response by 18 May 2016, if, in the meantime, you have any queries about the request, please don’t hesitate to Contact Jenny Foggin ([email address]) or myself.

Tracey Crombie
PA to the Legal Adviser
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 4078 (NB 8am-4pm)
Fax: 0113 343 3925

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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Payne [mailto:[FOI #329383 email]]
Sent: 19 April 2016 11:26
To: Freedom of Information <[University of Leeds request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - HE director pay

Dear University of Leeds,

Please provide the annual salary for the post of Director of your university, since the year 2000 until the present day.

If there are additional payments that the post attracts, such as relocation allowances, please include these.

Yours faithfully,

Daniel Payne

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Jenny Foggin,

Dear Mr Payne,
 
The emoluments of the Vice-Chancellor are set out in the annual report and
accounts. The most recent reports are published on our website:
[1]http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/downloa.... I
can also confirm the emoluments for the three years prior to those
published on the web:
 
2008-09: salary £253k, benefits in kind assessed for HMRC purposes £7k,
employer's pension contributions £55k
2007-08: salary £237k, benefits in kind assessed for HMRC purposes £7k,
employer's pension contributions £36k
2006-07: salary £215k, benefits in kind assessed for HMRC purposes £7k,
employer's pension contributions £30k
 
Prior to 2006 our payroll data was stored slightly differently, and my
colleagues are working on retrieving those figures for you now.
 
I will be in touch again as soon as possible to confirm the details for
the earlier years.
 
Best wishes,
 
Jenny
 
 
***************************************************
Jenny Foggin
 
Senior Governance and Corporate Affairs Officer
University of Leeds
Secretariat
(0113) 343 1155
**************************************
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Payne [[2]mailto:[FOI #329383 email]]
Sent: 19 April 2016 11:26
To: Freedom of Information <[University of Leeds request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - HE director pay
 
Dear University of Leeds,
 
Please provide the annual salary for the post of Director of your
university, since the year 2000 until the present day.
 
If there are additional payments that the post attracts, such as
relocation allowances, please include these.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Daniel Payne
 
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Jenny Foggin,

 
Dear Mr Payne,
 
Further to my earlier email, I have set out the full set of salary data in
this email.  As advised, the salary of the Vice-Chancellor is set out in
the annual report and accounts. There are no additional payments, such as
relocation allowances, and I have not considered whether there were any
benefits in kind, as not being within the scope of the request. The most
recent reports are published on our website:
[1]http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/downloa...,
and I have set out the annual salaries of the Vice-Chancellors in earlier
years in the table below.
 

Vice-Chancellor Year Gross pay (£)
Professor AG Wilson 2000-01 138,240
Professor AG Wilson 2001-02 149,298.96
Professor AG Wilson 2002-03 164,000
Professor AG Wilson 2003-04 179,580
Professor MJP Arthur 2004-05 169,617
Professor MJP Arthur 2005-06 208,810
Professor MJP Arthur 2006-07 215,000
Professor MJP Arthur 2007-08 237,000
Professor MJP Arthur 2008-09 253,000

 
 
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Best wishes,
 
Jenny
 
Jenny Foggin
Senior Governance and Freedom of Information Officer
Legal Adviser’s Office
The University of Leeds
0113 3431155
 
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Best wishes,
 
Jenny
 
 
***************************************************
Jenny Foggin
 
Senior Governance and Corporate Affairs Officer
University of Leeds
Secretariat
(0113) 343 1155
**************************************
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Payne [[4]mailto: ]
Sent: 19 April 2016 11:26
To: Freedom of Information <[5][University of Leeds request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - HE director pay
 
Dear University of Leeds,
 
Please provide the annual salary for the post of Director of your
university, since the year 2000 until the present day.
 
If there are additional payments that the post attracts, such as
relocation allowances, please include these.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Daniel Payne
 
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