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For Councillors: Pensionable Pay and calculating pay figures

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Pensionable pay is the pay on which elected members normally pay contributions, as defined by the LGPS Regulations.

For elected members, pensionable pay is the total of the following amounts paid under the authority’s approved remuneration scheme: 

  • basic allowances
  • special responsibility allowances
  • relevant allowances
  • any salary paid (where applicable)

‘Relevant allowance’ means an allowance paid under a combined authority establishment order or combined county authority establishment regulations except travel and subsistence allowances. Travel and subsistence allowances are not pensionable.