{"id":11367,"date":"2023-11-09T16:26:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/facts-and-figures\/the-council-staffing-and-pay-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:59:10","slug":"the-council-staffing-and-pay-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/facts-and-figures\/the-council-staffing-and-pay-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillors and Allowances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All County Councillors are each paid a Basic Allowance. Some are also paid a Special Responsibility Allowance to reflect additional duties they perform. They may also claim mileage and subsistence expenses while carrying out their duties. Councillors also receive a small locality budget in order to respond to local needs within any financial year, such as making grants to support projects or activities that benefit the communities they represent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Members Allowances Scheme \u2013 See Section 7 of the Constitution &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdemocracy.devon.gov.uk%2FieListDocuments.aspx%3FCId%3D416%26MId%3D2487%26Ver%3D4%26info%3D1&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crachael.smaldon%40devon.gov.uk%7Cc849dcd700ff4d2000c708dbe04042e7%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C638350338824116021%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dJ32HDasEJ9KgubP%2Fkp81TPbxU4Xf%2FTzgfeuHz9iICM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener\">Agenda for Constitution on Tuesday, 10th October, 2023 &#8211; Democracy in Devon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data of allowances paid to Elected Members are published annually in the County Council\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.devon.gov.uk%2Ffinance-and-budget%2Fbudgets%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crachael.smaldon%40devon.gov.uk%7Cc849dcd700ff4d2000c708dbe04042e7%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C638350338824272235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hCIggjjvY1vbYf6DqofbaK4%2FGDEUIx%2Bi6%2FfNXEtCunc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Revenue and Capital Outturn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Members Locality Budgets &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.devon.gov.uk%2Fdemocracy%2Fcouncillors-nav%2Flocality-budgets%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crachael.smaldon%40devon.gov.uk%7Cc849dcd700ff4d2000c708dbe04042e7%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C638350338824272235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nxpkDQKQfsO%2BmYS0Z3Sy%2BuoZ9tsQQZohc4eYyz%2FoSOU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Locality budgets &#8211; Democracy in Devon<\/a> (plus the Power BI report)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Further details on Elected Members, Meetings and Committees can be found on the Council\u2019s Democracy Pages &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.devon.gov.uk%2Fdemocracy%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crachael.smaldon%40devon.gov.uk%7Cc849dcd700ff4d2000c708dbe04042e7%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C638350338824272235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=N0%2Fj2RMijID1QmnukJbws33xCzylXb1bKqykBXNlfj8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Home &#8211; Democracy in Devon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All County Councillors are each paid a Basic Allowance. 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