Councillors: Carer's Allowance
(asked on 22nd March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the total cost of dependent carer’s allowance payments to councillors who serve on local authorities in England.
Answered by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 3rd April 2023
Publishing councillor allowances is a matter for local authorities.
Individual authorities are required to publish the total sum of all councillor allowances, which includes the dependents' carers' allowance, every year as set out in The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003.