Telford & Wrekin councillors receive £619,765 in allowances and reimbursements
Councillors in Telford & Wrekin Council received more than £600,000 in allowances and reimbursements in 2017/18, it has been revealed.
A total of £619,765 was split across the borough's 54 councillors and 13 co-optees.
Councillors all receive a basic allowance of £7,870 a year for their work.
Those who perform additional duties such as a cabinet or a scrutiny role are entitled to receive an additional special responsibility allowance.
Allowances for Telford & Wrekin councillors have been frozen since 2011.
The amount paid to councillors is £14,073 below what they were entitled to after the council’s cabinet took a voluntary ten per cent reduction in their special responsibilities allowance.
The total voluntary reduction by cabinet members since 2011 is now over £135,000.
This money is now being used to fund the council’s Young People’s Grants Scheme to promote educational, cultural and sporting excellence in the borough.
Councillors and co-optees can also claim reimbursements for expenses incurred in their council work. In 2017/18 this was £622, compared to £12,008 In 2009/10.
Telford & Wrekin councillor allowances are set independently and were last raised in 2010.
Full details of what each councillor is paid and reimbursements claimed are published at telford.gov.uk/opencouncil.
