Cumbria County Council has published details of councillors' allowances and expenses for 2006/07.
All councillors are entitled to a basic allowance of £7,626 per annum in recognition of the time and commitment they devote to the task.
The county council pays an additional allowance to some councillors, known as a special responsibility allowance. This recognises the extra responsibilities and workloads for members of the cabinet, chairs and vice-chairs of local committees, scrutiny panel chairs, group leaders and the leader of the council.
Councillors can also claim re-imbursement of travel and accommodation expenses for approved county council duties.
For the year 2006/7 councillors were entitled to claim 35.1 pence per mile for cars under 1000cc and 39.1 pence per mile for cars over 1000cc.
Both the basic and the special responsibility allowances are determined by an Independent Renumeration Panel and members' expenses are subject to external audit from the district auditors.
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Notes
A number of Cumbria County Councillors also claimed the following amounts in allowances and expenses in 2006/2007 from the Cumbria Police Authority and the Lake District National Park Authority:-
Cumbria Police Authority
Mike Ash - £9,145.21
Alan Barry - £13,280.55
Jim Bland - £7,226.25
Raymond Cole - £10,347.45
Pauline Halfpenny - £9,677.75
John Mallinson - £1,415.50
Joe Nicholson - £9,261.35
Bill Smith - £9,854.55
Reg Watson - £20,476.25
John Woolley - £11,441.20
Lake District National Park Authority
Brian Barton - £3,617
Jim Bland - £500
Ron Calvin - £4,207
Alan Clark - £4,277
John Collier - £6,710
Stan Collins - £3,000
Peter Phizacklea - £5,047
John Robinson - £4,404
Follow the link below to view the spreadsheet that shows individual county councillor's allowances, expenses and special responsibilities for the year April 1 2006 - March 31 2007.