HC Deb 06 December 1993 vol 234 cc86-7W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing what the daily attendance allowance for elected members of local authorities in Scotland(a) was and (b) would have been in each year since 1974, had the system of payments (i) remained unaltered and (ii) been index linked; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 1 December 1993]: Details of the allowances paid to individual local authority members are not held centrally.

Prior to 1991, each local authority was required to pay an attendance allowance but had discretion to determine the actual rate paid to elected members within the prescribed maximum specified in the Local Government (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1975, as amended.

Since April 1991, each authority has determined its own arrangements within the requirements of the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1991, as amended. The regulations no longer require authorities to pay an attendance allowance.

The prescribed maximum amount of attendance allowance for a period of 24 hours between 16 May 1975 and 31 March 1991 is shown in the table. The table also illustrates, for the period until 1993-94, the effect which application of the annual GDP deflator would have had on the prescribed maximum of £10 payable in 1975.

Prescribed Maximum
With effect from £
16 May 1975 10.00
30 November 1977 11.00
10 January 1979 12.14
29 December 1979 13.28
14 March 1981 14.00
8 March 1982 14.56
14 May 1983 15.07
12 June 1984 15.52
8 April 1985 16.00
24 April 1986 16.70
1 September 1987 17.55
1 April 1988 18.25
1 April 1989 19.50
1 September 1990 21.00

Uprated by GDP Deflator
Year £
1976–77 11.35
1977–78 12.90
1978–79 14.30
1979–80 16.69
1980–81 19.75
1981–82 21.66
1982–83 23.20
1983–84 24.27
1984–85 25.50
1985–86 26.89
1986–87 27.76
1987–88 29.29
1988–89 31.42
1989–90 33.48
1990–91 36.16
1991–92 38.57
1992–93 39.92
1993–94 41.02