Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of remuneration, payments and expenses for local government elected representatives.

It is for each council to decide the scheme of allowances for its members, which is legally required to be published. We make no estimate of the annual cost of these allowances or of other expenses for local government elected representatives. A council is accountable to its local electorate for its decisions on these matters, and needs to ensure all allowances and expenses are wholly justifiable and represent value for money for local taxpayers.