Chief Executive, Corporate Directors & Assistant Directors pay within Cumbria County Council

The Council’s approach to pay and benefits is to award its staff appropriately ensuring that we can recruit and retain high quality employees who can deliver the best possible services to the public, while at the same time ensuring that we provide value for money.

The agreement and publication of a Pay Policy Statement is a new requirement under the government’s Localism Act which sets out the Council’s own policies towards a range of issues relating to the pay of its workforce, particularly its senior staff, and its lower paid employees.

The Pay Policy Statement (PDF 156Kb) has been agreed by Full Council and relates to the pay and benefits of its workforce for the forthcoming financial year (2012/13).  Future Pay Policy Statements will be agreed by Full Council before the beginning of each financial year. 

Chief Executive and Corporate Directors Salaries

Position	Full Time Equivalent	Salary
Chief Executive	1	£170,000
Corporate Director Adult & Local Services	1	£125,000
Corporate Director Children's Services	1	£125,000
Corporate Director Organisational Development	1	£117,817
Corporate Director Resources	1	£125,000
Corporate Director Safer Communities	1	£117,817

Assistant Directors Salaries

Position	Full Time Equivalent	Salary
Assistant Director Disability & Mental Health	1	£85,000
Assistant Director Older People	1	£85,000
Assistant Director Local Services	1	£85,000
Assistant Director Children & Family	1	£95,000
Assistant Director Schools & Learning	1	£95,000
Assistant Director Strategy & Commissioning	1	£75,000
Assistant Director Highways & Transport	1	£85,000
Assistant Director Planning & Sustainability	1	£85,000
Assistant Director Economic Development	1	£85,000
Assistant Director People Management	1	£85,000
Assistant Director Improvement	1	£85,000
Assistant Director Finance	1	£90,000
Assistant Director Legal & Democratic Services	1	£90,000
Assistant Director Strategic Investments & Property	1	£85,000
Assistant Director Policy & Performance	1	£85,000
Assistant Director Public Protection	1	£80,000
Deputy Chief Fire Officer	1	£95,000

Senior Officers Pay

In addition to the salaries paid for the Chief Executive and Corporate Management Team as highlighted above, the table below shows the number of the Council's senior employees, excluding school staff, who were paid more than £50,000 remuneration for the year.

2010/11

Pay	Total senior employees
£50,000 - £54,999	32
£55,000 - £59,999	12
£60,000 - £64,999	8
£65,000 - £69,999	11
£70,000 - £74,999	0
£75,000 - £79,999	1
£80,000 - £84,999	2
£85,000 - £89,999	10
£90,000 - £94,999	2
£95,000 - £99,999	3
£100,000 - £124,000	2
£125,000 - £169,999	4
£170,000 - £174,999	1
Total	88

Expenses

All employees are entitled to reclaim a restricted range of legitimate expenses including travel.  Expenses are paid only for actual costs incurred and evidence of expenditure is required.

Pensions

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) covers the majority of council employees and is a contributory scheme.  Employees are placed in contributory bands depending upon their level of pay.  There is a separate scheme for firefighters and the Corporate Director, Safer & Stronger and Deputy Chief Fire Officer are entitled to be members of this scheme, as opposed to the Local Government Pension Scheme.