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   "council": "Argyll and Bute",
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   "teachers": 9229000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employer's Contributions Payable to the Scheme' (actual amount charged against the General Fund Balance for pensions in the year), Note 30.2, £'000; same figure appears as 'Employers Contributions' in the Note 30.3 asset reconciliation. Teachers: 'Amount Paid Over' to the Scottish Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (SPPA), Note 30.9, £'000. No combined total printed."
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   "council": "Argyll and Bute",
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "lgps": 16117000,
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   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employer's Contributions Payable to the Scheme', Note 31.2, £'000, 2021-22 comparative column. Teachers: 'Amount Paid Over' (SPPA), Note 31.9, £'000, 2021-22 comparative column. No combined total printed."
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   "council": "Argyll and Bute",
   "fy": "2022/23",
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   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employer's Contributions Payable to the Scheme' (actual amount charged against the General Fund Balance for pensions in the year), Note 31.2, £'000. Teachers: 'Amount Paid Over' to the Scottish Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (SPPA), Note 31.9, £'000. No combined total printed."
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   "council": "Argyll and Bute",
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   "teachers": 10779000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employer's Contributions Payable to the Scheme', Note 30.2, £'000, 2023-24 comparative column. Teachers: 'Amount Paid Over' (SPPA), Note 30.9, £'000, 2023-24 comparative column. No combined total printed."
  },
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   "council": "Argyll and Bute",
   "fy": "2024/25",
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   "teachers": 12715000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employer's Contributions Payable to the Scheme' (actual amount charged against the General Fund Balance for pensions in the year), Note 30.2, £'000; low because Strathclyde Pension Fund cut the employer rate from 19.3% to 6.5% for 2024-25. Teachers: 'Amount Paid Over' to the Scottish Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (SPPA), Note 30.9, £'000 (rate 26%). No combined total printed."
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   "council": "Argyll and Bute",
   "fy": "2019/20",
   "total": 793000,
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   "n": null,
   "notes": "Remuneration Report, 'Councillors' Remuneration' table (Members Allowances, £'000), 2019-20 comparative column: Basic Councillor Salaries £424k, Leader and Provost's Salary £61k, Senior Councillor Salaries £237k, Other Expenses and Allowances paid to Members £71k, Total Allowances £793k. No single combined salaries subtotal printed, so salaries null; expenses = Other Expenses and Allowances line; total = printed Total Allowances. Number of councillors not stated."
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   "salaries": null,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Remuneration Report, 'Councillors' Remuneration' table (Members Allowances, £'000): Basic Councillor Salaries £429k, Leader and Provost's Salary £62k, Senior Councillor Salaries £226k, Other Expenses and Allowances paid to Members £8k, Total Allowances £725k. No single combined salaries subtotal printed, so salaries null; expenses = Other Expenses and Allowances line; total = printed Total Allowances. Number of councillors not stated."
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  },
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   "council": "Argyll and Bute",
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   "salaries": null,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Remuneration Report, 'Councillors' Remuneration' table (Members Allowances, £'000): Basic Councillor Salaries £476k, Leader and Provost's Salary £66k, Senior Councillor Salaries £258k, Other Expenses and Allowances paid to Members £29k, Total Allowances £829k. No combined salaries subtotal printed, so salaries null. Number of councillors not stated."
  },
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   "salaries": null,
   "n": null,
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  },
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   "salaries": null,
   "n": null,
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