Allowances & Expenses

My allowances:

For the financial year 2011/12:

	all County Councillors are paid an allowance (or salary) subject to tax and national insurance of £8,295 pa;
	all Cabinet Members (of which I am one) are paid an additional allowance (or salary) subject to tax and national insurance of £12,442 pa;
	the Leader of the Council is paid an additional allowance (or salary) subject to tax and national insurance of £12,442.

Thus, my combined income from the County Council for what is effectively a full-time job is £33,179 pa. Members resolved to freeze their allowances for 2010/11 and for 2011/12 at the 2009/10 level.

Click here to view details of the County Council's Members' Allowances scheme.

My expenses:

Local government legislation allows me to claim for:

	travel on official council business. This includes travel from home to County Hall and also other journeys on official business. Car mileage is paid at 35 pence per mile for the first 10,000 miles pa (reduced from 40 pence per mile in previous years) and at 25 pence thereafter. Train travel is reimbursed for a second class ticket.
	subsistence. I can claim for overnight stays on official business, subject to strict limits as set out in the County Council's Members' Allowances scheme.

Detail of my expense claims, month by month for each calendar year are set out below:

	Expenses 2005/06
	Expenses 2006/07
	Expenses 2007/08
	Expenses 2008/09
	Expenses 2009/10
	Expenses 2010/11
	Expenses 2011/12 will be updated monthly

There are no second homes here; no duck islands; no moat clearances; no gardeners' bills. Local government is rightly strict about reimbursing expenses. Local government is also transparent.

External public appointments

I am paid an Allowance by the Local Government Association as a Vice Chairman of the Community Wellbeing Board. Click here for details of the LGA's Scheme of Allowances.

I am paid a Director's Fee as a Board member of the South East England Development Agency. Click here for details of the SEEDA Board.

I am sometimes paid a fee for speaking engagements for various organisations.

Cllr Keith R Mitchell CBE
This page was last updated 19-10-2011	My Allowances & Expenses