Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the level of salaries paid to local authority chief executives; what guidance his Department gives to local councils on that matter; what measures are in place to prevent excessive salaries being paid by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

The Government’s approach to senior pay and reward in local government is set out in the Government’s response to the recent Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into local government chief officers’ remuneration, which is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/response-to-report-on-local-government-chief-officers-remuneration