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  },
  {
   "council": "Renfrewshire",
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   "lgps": 31031000,
   "teachers": 19719000,
   "notes": "LGPS figure is 'Employer contributions' (£m, x1,000,000) from Note 28e Movement in scheme assets (Strathclyde Pension Fund); unfunded benefits printed separately (£4.685m) and excluded. Teachers' figure from Note 27 narrative: 'The Council paid £19.719m (£18.487m in 2021/22) for employer's contributions to the Scottish Public Pensions Agency'. No combined total printed."
  },
  {
   "council": "Renfrewshire",
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "lgps": 34640000,
   "teachers": 21041000,
   "notes": "LGPS figure is 'Employer contributions' (£m, x1,000,000) from Note 28e Movement in scheme assets (Strathclyde Pension Fund), comparative column; unfunded benefits printed separately (£5.157m) and excluded. Teachers' figure from Note 27 narrative: 'The Council paid £24.806m (£21.041m in 2023/24) for employer's contributions to the Scottish Public Pensions Agency'. No combined total printed."
  },
  {
   "council": "Renfrewshire",
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "lgps": 12181000,
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   "notes": "LGPS figure is 'Employer contributions' (£m, x1,000,000) from Note 28e Movement in scheme assets (Strathclyde Pension Fund); unfunded benefits printed separately (£5.398m) and excluded. The sharp fall from 2023/24 reflects the Strathclyde Pension Fund employer contribution rate being set at 6.5% for 2024/25 to 2025/26 (per the accounts), down from prior years. Teachers' figure from Note 27 narrative: 'The Council paid £24.806m ... for employer's contributions to the Scottish Public Pensions Agency'. No combined total printed."
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   "notes": "Remuneration Report section 6 (Councillors' remuneration), figures in whole £. Expenses itemised across several lines with no single expenses subtotal printed, so expenses is null; total is the printed table total. Number of councillors not stated in this document."
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   "council": "Renfrewshire",
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   "total": 999631,
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   "n": null,
   "notes": "Remuneration Report section 6 (Councillors' remuneration), figures in whole £, comparative column. Expenses itemised across several lines with no single expenses subtotal printed, so expenses is null; total is the printed table total. Number of councillors not stated in this document."
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   "n": null,
   "notes": "Remuneration Report section 6 (Councillors' remuneration), figures in whole £. Expenses itemised across several lines with no single expenses subtotal printed, so expenses is null; total is the printed table total. Number of councillors not stated in this document."
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