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  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2019/20",
   "lgps": 14378000,
   "teachers": 8032000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employers' contributions payable to scheme' 14,378 (£000, x1,000) in Note 42 Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, MiRS reconciliation, 2019/20 Local Government Pension Scheme column. Teachers: Note 41 Pension Schemes Accounted for as Defined Contribution Schemes — 'In 2019/20 the amounts payable were £8.032m' to the Scottish Government (SPPA) (£m, x1,000,000). No combined total printed. Excluded: discretionary benefits retirement payments to pensioners £960k, disclosed separately in the Note 42 Discretionary Benefits column."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "lgps": 13606000,
   "teachers": 9238000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employers' contributions payable to scheme' 13,606 (£000, x1,000) in Note 42 Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, MiRS reconciliation, 2020/21 Local Government Pension Scheme column. Teachers: Note 41 — 'In 2020/21 the amount payable to the Scottish Government in respect of teachers' retirement benefits was £9.238m' (SPPA; £m, x1,000,000). No combined total printed. Excluded: discretionary benefits retirement payments to pensioners £984k, disclosed separately."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "lgps": 14673000,
   "teachers": 9787000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employers' contributions payable to scheme' 14,673 (£000, x1,000) in Note 43 Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, MiRS reconciliation, 2021/22 Local Government Pension Scheme column. Teachers: Note 42 Pension Schemes Accounted for as Defined Contribution Schemes — 'In 2021/22 the amounts paid were £9.787m' (SPPA; £m, x1,000,000). No combined total printed. Excluded: discretionary benefits retirement payments to pensioners £968k, disclosed separately."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "lgps": 16286000,
   "teachers": 10925000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employers' contributions payable to scheme' 16,286 (£000, x1,000) in Note 43 Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, MiRS reconciliation, 2022/23 Local Government Pension Scheme column. Teachers: Note 42 — 'In 2022/23 the Council paid £10.925m in respect of teachers' retirement benefits' (SPPA; £m, x1,000,000). No combined total printed. Excluded: discretionary benefits retirement payments to pensioners £990k, disclosed separately."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "lgps": 18602000,
   "teachers": 11543000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employers' contributions payable to scheme' 18,602 (£000, x1,000) in Note 43 Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, MiRS reconciliation, 2023/24 Local Govt Pension Scheme column (column headed RESTATED). Teachers: Note 42 Pension Schemes Accounted for as Defined Contribution Schemes — 'In 2023/24 the amounts paid were £11.543m' (SPPA; £m, x1,000,000). No LGPS+SPPA combined total printed. Excluded: 288 (£000) in the Note 43 'Teachers Pension Scheme' column (the unfunded defined-benefit element accounted for in Note 43), disclosed separately."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "lgps": 14851000,
   "teachers": 13330000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employers' contributions payable to scheme' 14,851 (£000, x1,000) in Note 43 Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, MiRS reconciliation, 2024/25 Local Govt Pension Scheme column. Teachers: Note 42 — 'In 2024/25 the Council paid £13.330m in respect of teachers' retirement benefits' (SPPA; £m, x1,000,000). employer_total null: the printed Note 43 Total column (15,135 £000) combines LGPS with the unfunded 'Teachers Pension Scheme' element (284 £000), not with the SPPA contributions, so it is not an LGPS+teachers'-scheme total; the 284 is excluded here as disclosed separately."
  }
 ],
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  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2019/20",
   "total": 526735,
   "salaries": 501151,
   "n": 26,
   "notes": "Table 2 'Remuneration paid to Councillors', 2019/20 comparative column, whole £ as printed: Salaries 501,151, Expenses 25,584, Total 526,735. 26 councillors per the management commentary ('Elections are held every five years to appoint the 26 councillors')."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "total": 522081,
   "salaries": 517590,
   "n": 26,
   "notes": "Table 2 'Remuneration paid to Councillors', 2020/21 column, whole £ as printed: Salaries 517,590, Expenses 4,491, Total 522,081. 26 councillors per the management commentary."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "total": 535501,
   "salaries": 531247,
   "n": 26,
   "notes": "Table 2 'Remuneration paid to Councillors', 2021/22 comparative column, whole £ as printed: Salaries 531,247, Expenses 4,254, Total 535,501. 26 councillors per the management commentary ('Elections are held every five years to appoint the 26 councillors')."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "total": 576758,
   "salaries": 563901,
   "n": 26,
   "notes": "Table 2 'Remuneration paid to Councillors', 2022/23 column, whole £ as printed: Salaries 563,901, Expenses 12,857, Total 576,758. 26 councillors per the management commentary."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "total": 607583,
   "salaries": 589830,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Table 2 'Remuneration paid to Councillors', 2023/24 comparative column, whole £ as printed: Salaries 589,830, Expenses 17,753, Total 607,583. Number of councillors not stated in the 2024/25 accounts."
  },
  {
   "council": "Moray",
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "total": 635547,
   "salaries": 618584,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Table 2 'Remuneration paid to Councillors', 2024/25 column, whole £ as printed: Salaries 618,584, Expenses 16,963, Total 635,547. Number of councillors not stated in the 2024/25 accounts."
  }
 ],
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 "notes": "Null means not disclosed, never zero. In pay_bands_by_year, 'nominal' counts staff above a fixed cash threshold and 'real' counts staff above the CPI-equivalent of that threshold in the first recorded year. Officer 'ident' is the full name behind disclosed initials, with its basis. See /methodology/."
}