Decision details
Members Allowances 2018/19 - 2022/23 - Report of the Independent Remuneration Panel
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
RECOMMENDED:
That the current scheme of allowances be continued subject to the following modifications from 1 April 2018:
(i) that the Communications Technology Allowance be increased by £25 per annum to £415 per annum;
(ii) that the Special Responsibility Allowance for the Chairman of the Planning Committee be reset to 35% of the Leader’s Special Responsibility Allowance;
(iii) that a Co-optees’ Allowance of £55.36 be paid for meetings up to 4 hours in length and £110.72 for meetings over 4 hours in length, subject to any indexation increase that may be applicable;
(iv) that the current maximum hourly rate claimable for the childcare element of Dependents’ Carers’ Allowance be fixed at the current living wage of £8.45, with the cap on the number of hours that a member may claim aggregated to 52 hours per month;
(v) that the hourly rate for which elderly or dependent relative allowance is claimable be set at the Hampshire County Council rate for Home Care Help, currently £10.32 per hour;
(vi) that Part 3 and Appendix 3 of the Members’ Allowances Scheme be clarified, as set out in the recommendation of the Independent Remuneration Panel;
(vii) that the Basic Allowance (including ICT allowance), Special Responsibility Allowances and Co-optees’ Allowance be indexed to the annual percentage increase for local government staff at scale point 28, to be applied from the same year that applies to staff;
(viii) that travel allowance mileage rates be indexed to the HMRC approved mileage rates for motor vehicles, motor cycles and bicycles;
(ix) that the childcare element of Dependents’ Carers’ Allowance be indexed to the “living wage” hourly rate (outside of London) as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and
(x) that the elderly and other dependent relatives element of the Dependents’ Carers’ Allowance be indexed to the median hourly rate charged for Home Help by Hampshire County Council.
Publication date: 07/02/2018
Date of decision: 07/02/2018
Decided at meeting: 07/02/2018 - Cabinet
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