The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003 require all local authorities (including Centro) to adopt a scheme of members' allowances. Such a scheme will specify a basic allowance payable to all members of the authority, as well as other allowances payable to members undertaking additional special responsibilities.
The current scheme in operation for Centro's elected members was approved in June 2009.
| Current Scheme - Basic allowance | £3,900 |
| Current Scheme - Special Responsibility Allowances | |
| Chairman of Centro | £27,200 |
| Vice-Chairman of Centro | £19,040 |
| Majority Opposition Group Leader | £10,880 |
| Minority Opposition Group Leader | £4,219 |
| Lead Member | £8,976 |
| Chairman of Transport Strategy Committee | £8,976 |
| Vice-Chairman of Transport Strategy Committee | £2,992 |
| Member of Transport Strategy Committee | £3,692 |
|
Chairman of Business Plan Monitoring Committee; or Capital Projects & LTP Committee
|
£8,976 |
| Vice-Chairman of Business Plan Monitoring Committee; or Capital Projects & LTP Committee | £2,992 |
| Chairman of Pension Fund Committee | £4,219 |
| Vice-Chairman of Pension Fund Committee | £1,406 |
| Chairman of Bus Shelter Appeals Sub-Committee | £1,360 |
| Vice-Chairman of Bus Shelter Appeals Sub-Committee | £680 |
| Chairman of Standards Committee | £600 |
| Vice-Chairman of Standards Committee | £300 |
NB. The current scheme only entitles elected members to one special responsibility allowance (SRA), in addition to the basic allowance. Therefore, if a member qualifies for two or more SRAs, only the higher level SRA will actually be paid out.
Centro is also required to publish the total amount of allowances that were paid out to each councillor during the last financial year (2010/11). These were:
|
Councillor |
Basic Allowance |
Special Responsibility Allowance |
| Angus Adams (Dud) | £3,900 | £22,795.87 |
| Robert Alden (Bir) | £3,900 | £8,976 |
| Tom Ansell (Wal) | £2,990 | £2,268.93 |
| Iain Bowen (Bir) | £3,323.39 | £2,799.77 |
| Zaker Choudhry (Bir) | £429.84 | £329.76 |
| Gary Clarke (Wal) | £920.83 | £6,422.22 |
| Bryan Cotterill (Dud) | £3,900 | - |
| Gary Crookes (Cov) | £534.68 | - |
| Stuart Davis (Sol) | £650 | - |
| Kath Hartley (Bir) | £3,900 | £3,692 |
| Mike Heap (Wol) | £1,430 | £1,441.49 |
| Roger Horton (San) | £3,900 | - |
| Mavis Hughes (San) | £650 | £1,496 |
| Jon Hunt (Bir) | £3,900 | £16,607.87 |
| Tim Huxtable (Bir) | £3,900 | £2,169.20 |
| David Jamieson (Sol) | £2,990 | - |
| Les Jones (Dud) | £3,900 | £6,971.13 |
| Chaman Lal (Bir) | £3,900 | £3,692 |
| Bruce Lines (Bir) | £3,900 | £7,826.39 |
| Keith Linnecor (Bir) | £3,900 | - |
| Marco Longhi (Wal) | £3,900 | £8,976 |
| Elias Mattu (Wol) | £2,490.44 | - |
| John McNicholas (Cov) | £3,900 | £10,880 |
| Christine Mills (Wol) | £3,900 | £11,408.13 |
| Les Pawlowski (San) | £3,396.77 | £2,000.22 |
| David Pears (Bir) | £3,900 | £1,406 |
| Ted Richards (Sol) | £920.83 | £2,119.33 |
| Judith Rowley (Wol) | £3,900 | £3,692 |
| Ken Rushen (Sol) | £3,323.39 | £6,806.80 |
| Gurcharan Sidhu (San) | £3,900 | £3,692 |
| Mike Ward (Bir) | £3,900 | £6,806.80 |
| David Welsh (Cov) | £3,375.81 | - |
| Graham Wilkes (Wal) | £3,900 | £3,692 |
| Andrew Williams (Cov) | £3,900 | £8,976 |
