FOI request details
Request
Subject: Members' Allowances
Reference: WBC-FOI-00807
This is an information request relating to members' allowances. Please include the following information for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial years:
- The total amount paid in each year to Councillors through members' allowances, including special responsibility allowances (please provide a breakdown if possible)?
Response
Part Disclosed - 20 February 2023
Request for Information - WBC-FOI-00807 - Members' Allowances
I refer to your request for information received on 17 February 2023. Please see the information below in response to your request: -
Your Request:
This is an information request relating to members' allowances. Please include the following information for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial years:
- The total amount paid in each year to Councillors through members' allowances, including special responsibility allowances (please provide a breakdown if possible)?
Our Response:
The Members' Allowances Scheme is reported annually to the General Purposes Committee and then Council. Please note that copies of the reports are already publicly available on Wandsworth Council's at links below:
2020/21 allowances paid: PAPER NO (wandsworth.gov.uk), appendix one
2021/22 allowances paid: Councillors' allowances - Wandsworth Borough Council / Relevant link further down the page: Allowances and expenses paid in 2021 and 2022 (wandsworth.gov.uk)
If you are dissatisfied with the information provided in relation to your request, you may make representations to the Information and Transparency Manager. Any such request for an internal review should be made within 40 days from today's date. Correspondence should be addressed to: FOIW@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision at: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
Regards,
FOI and DPA Officer
FOIW@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk
Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.