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   "notes": "LGPS: 'Contributions from employer' 52,020 (£000) in Note 26.2 reconciliation of the Council's share of the fair value of Strathclyde Pension Fund's assets; teachers: 'In 2022/23, the Council paid £40.300m ... to the Scottish Public Pensions Agency in respect of teachers' retirement benefits', employer contribution 23.0% (Note 26 Pension Costs narrative). LGPS in £000 (x1,000), teachers in £m (x1,000,000). No combined total printed. Excluded: 'Contributions in respect of Unfunded Benefits' 7,574 (£000) and added-years pension payments £5.127m, disclosed separately."
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   "notes": "Prior-year comparatives in the 2024/25 accounts. LGPS: 'Contributions from employer' 56,995 (£000) in Note 27.2 reconciliation of the Council's share of the fair value of Strathclyde Pension Fund's assets; teachers: '£44.031m in 2023/24' paid to the Scottish Public Pensions Agency, employer contribution 23.0% (Note 27 Pension Costs narrative). LGPS in £000 (x1,000), teachers in £m (x1,000,000). No combined total printed. Excluded: 'Contributions in respect of Unfunded Benefits' 8,203 (£000) and added-years pension payments £5.530m, disclosed separately."
  },
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   "council": "North Lanarkshire",
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   "notes": "LGPS: 'Contributions from employer' 28,001 (£000) in Note 27.2 reconciliation of the Council's share of the fair value of Strathclyde Pension Fund's assets (as printed; sharply lower than 2023/24); teachers: 'In 2024/25, the Council paid £51.208m ... to the Scottish Public Pensions Agency in respect of teachers' retirement benefits', employer contribution 26% (Note 27 Pension Costs narrative). LGPS in £000 (x1,000), teachers in £m (x1,000,000). No combined total printed. Excluded: 'Contributions in respect of Unfunded Benefits' 8,660 (£000) and added-years pension payments £5.782m, disclosed separately."
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   "council": "North Lanarkshire",
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   "n": null,
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   "notes": "Remuneration Report table 'b. Remuneration of Councillors' (all Councillors including Senior Councillors): Salaries 1,811,219; Expenses 25,220; Total 1,836,439. Printed in whole £, no scaling. 'The Council was overseen by 77 elected members at the balance sheet date' (Management Commentary)."
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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/."
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