Announcements

SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL

The Local Authorities (Members Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003 Publication of Scheme of Councillors' Allowances for 2016/17

The Council has published a Scheme of Councillors' Allowances for 2016/17.

The Council agreed on 23 July 2015, after considering the recommendations of its Independent Remuneration Panel, that the level of Councillors' Basic and Special Responsibility Allowances for 2016/2017 would be indexed linked to the percentage increase in pay awarded to local authority staff nationally in the 2016/2017 Pay Round. This equated to an overall increase of 1% and the Councillors Basic Allowance increased to £7,959. Details of the Special Responsibility and other Allowances payable are set out in the Scheme of Councillors' Allowances.

Scheme of Councillors' Allowances for 2017/18 -The Council agreed on 14 July 2016, after considering the recommendations of its Independent Remuneration Panel, that the level of Councillors' Basic Allowance be raised to £8,090 for 2017/2018, that the levels of Special Responsibility Allowances be set using a Basic Allowance multiplication for 2017/2018, and that the Basic Allowance be indexed linked to any percentage increase in pay awarded to local authority staff nationally for a period of four years commencing in 2017/2018.

Copies of the Scheme of Councillors' Allowances for 2016/17 are available from Steve Jones, Committee and Member Services Manager, at the address below, or telephone: (01793) 463602, or e-mail stevejones@swindon.gov.uk. The Scheme can also be found in Part 6 of the Council meetings pages of the Council's web site (www.swindon.gov.uk) or by direct link:

http://ww5.swindon.gov.uk/moderngov/ecSDDisplay.aspx?NAME=

Stuart McKellar, Corporate Director, Resources Civic Offices, Swindon SN1 2JH 3rd October 2016