HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 c808W
Mr. Cameron

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will publish figures for the average pay of(a) council leaders and (b) the cabinet members of local authorities which operate cabinet Government in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [37104]

Dr. Whitehead

My Department does not collect information from councils on the allowances paid to council members.

The average special responsibility allowances in those local authorities in England which made the information available to the Improvement and Development Agency, as of 4 December 2001, are as follows:

Council leaders: £12,528

Members of the council executive: £6,560.

Source:

www.idea-knowledge.gov.uk, Member Allowance Summary Survey.

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