Special responsibility allowances and full-time councillors

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Dear Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,

Please provide me with the following information, which I am requesting under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act:

1) In the current municipal year, how many councillors receive a ‘special responsibility allowance’ in addition to their basic allowance? Please provide this both as both a number and as percentage of all councillors.

2) Of those councillors in receipt of an SRA, how many receive an allowance for working full-time (5 days a week) on council business?

3) For each of the past 3 years:
- What was the total cost of councillor allowances?
- Of that total, how much was made up of basic allowances?
- How much was ‘special responsibility allowances’?
- How much was other allowances (e.g. childcare, travel, phone, meeting attendance etc)?

I look forward to receiving your response.

Yours faithfully,

Martin Warne

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Dear Mr. Warne

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2016-0110

 

I am responding to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
which we received on 31 January 2016, for information held by the Council.
You requested:

 

1) In the current municipal year, how many councillors receive a ‘special
responsibility allowance’ in addition to their basic allowance? Please
provide this both as both a number and as percentage of all councillors.

 

30 Members out of 50 receive Special Responsibility Allowances (SRA) (60%)

 

2) Of those councillors in receipt of an SRA, how many receive an
allowance for working full-time (5 days a week) on council business?

 

None, all Members receive a basic allowance and some also get an SRA.

    

3) For each of the past 3 years:

- What was the total cost of councillor allowances?

- Of that total, how much was made up of basic allowances?

- How much was ‘special responsibility allowances’?

- How much was other allowances (e.g. childcare, travel, phone, meeting
attendance etc)?

 

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Robin Yu

Information Protection Assistant

Shared ICT Service

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX

Tel: 020 7938 8226

 

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