§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for The Environment what is the present scale of allowances paid to elected members of local authorities.
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§ Mr. Giles ShawThe maximum prescribed rates of allowances currently payable to members of local authorities are as follows
1. Attendance allowance: £14.56 for a full day.2. Financial loss allowance: £9.50 for a half-day period.£19.00 for a full day period.3. Special responsibility allowance: local authorities may determine these allowances within an expenditure ceiling for the council as specified in the relevant regulations. These ceiling figures are set out in the following table. No individual payment in the financial year may exceed one third of the total amount available to the authority in that year, or £4,160—whichever is less—and in the case of authorities where one tird of the total is less that £416, an individual payment may not exceed £416.4. Travelling and subsistence allowances: The current maximum rates are set out in DOE circular 2/83—Welsh Office circular 2/83—dated 19 January 1983. I am sending a copy of the circular to the hon. Member.
£ 1. The Greater London council 46,800 2. An outer London borough 9,360 3. An inner London borough 5,200 4. A metropolitan county council, the population of whose area exceeds 2 million 12,480 5. Any other metropolitan county council 10,920 6. A non-metropolitan county council or a metropolitan district council, the population of whose area (a) exceeds 1 million 15,600 (b) exceeds 500,000 but does not exceed 1 million 14,560 (c) exceeds 250,000 but does not exceed 500,000 10,400 (d) does not exceed 250,000 9,360 7. A non-metropolitan district council, the population of whose area (a) exceeds 400,000 5,200 (b) exceeds 200,000 but does not exceed 400,000 4,160 (c) exceeds 150,000 but does not exceed 200,000 3,120 (d) exceeds 100,000 but does not exceed 150,000 2,080 (e) does not exceed 100,000 1,040