{
 "council": "South Lanarkshire",
 "nation": "scotland",
 "financial_year": "2024/25",
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": "P Manning",
   "title": "Chief Executive",
   "salary": 195065,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 12167,
   "benefits": 0,
   "notes": "Total remuneration includes Returning Officer fees for the July 2024 UK General Election. Taxable expenses nil (Table 2).",
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "source_url": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18209/audited_accounts_-_south_lanarkshire_council_-_2024-2025_pdf.pdf",
   "source_title": "South Lanarkshire Council Audited Accounts 2024-2025",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Paul Manning",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person as the senior_pay 'P Manning' entry: 2024/25 audited accounts signed 'Paul Manning, Chief Executive'; council Chief Executive page names him.",
    "sources": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18209/audited_accounts_-_south_lanarkshire_council_-_2024-2025_pdf.pdf; https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200171/council_departments/710/chief_executive"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "D Booth",
   "title": "Executive Director of Community and Enterprise Resources",
   "salary": 162560,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 10566,
   "benefits": 0,
   "notes": "Taxable expenses nil (Table 2).",
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "source_url": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18209/audited_accounts_-_south_lanarkshire_council_-_2024-2025_pdf.pdf",
   "source_title": "South Lanarkshire Council Audited Accounts 2024-2025",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "David Booth",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person as the senior_pay 'D Booth' entry: council's own post page (archived Apr 2025) names David Booth as Executive Director since February 2022; Companies House confirms David James Booth at council arm's-length bodies from 28 Feb 2022.",
    "sources": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250419195258/https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200171/council_departments/589/community_and_enterprise_resources/6; https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/bpQtcHIl9mh7q0CL84O9NAXoEc4/appointments"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "S Sengupta",
   "title": "Executive Director of Health and Social Care",
   "salary": 162560,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 10566,
   "benefits": 0,
   "notes": "A proportion of remuneration funded by South Lanarkshire HSCP for the Chief Officer role (note 1). Taxable expenses nil (Table 2).",
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "source_url": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18209/audited_accounts_-_south_lanarkshire_council_-_2024-2025_pdf.pdf",
   "source_title": "South Lanarkshire Council Audited Accounts 2024-2025",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Soumen Sengupta",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person as the senior_pay 'S Sengupta' entry: council Social Work Resources page (archived Apr 2025) names Professor Soumen Sengupta as Director of Health and Social Care.",
    "sources": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250429090823/https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200171/council_departments/654/social_work_resources/6"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "S Gibson",
   "title": "Executive Director of Housing and Technical Resources",
   "salary": 160350,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 10423,
   "benefits": 0,
   "notes": "Taxable expenses nil (Table 2).",
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "source_url": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18209/audited_accounts_-_south_lanarkshire_council_-_2024-2025_pdf.pdf",
   "source_title": "South Lanarkshire Council Audited Accounts 2024-2025",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Stephen Gibson",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person as the senior_pay 'S Gibson' entry: council post page (archived May 2025) names Stephen Gibson; Scottish Housing News reported his September 2022 appointment.",
    "sources": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250516011544/https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200171/council_departments/597/housing_and_technical_resources/4; https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/south-lanarkshire-appoints-new-housing-director"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "C McKenzie",
   "title": "Executive Director of Education Resources (to 23 February 2025)",
   "salary": 158737,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 9196,
   "benefits": 0,
   "notes": "Part year; full-year equivalent £160,350. Taxable expenses nil (Table 2).",
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "source_url": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18209/audited_accounts_-_south_lanarkshire_council_-_2024-2025_pdf.pdf",
   "source_title": "South Lanarkshire Council Audited Accounts 2024-2025",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Carole McKenzie",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person as the senior_pay 'C McKenzie' entry: council news article of 25 May 2023 (archived) announces Carole McKenzie's appointment as Executive Director of Education Resources.",
    "sources": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231003170314/https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/view/news/article/1816/New_member_of_council_top_team"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "J Taylor",
   "title": "Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Resources",
   "salary": 158126,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 10278,
   "benefits": 0,
   "notes": "Taxable expenses nil (Table 2).",
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "source_url": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18209/audited_accounts_-_south_lanarkshire_council_-_2024-2025_pdf.pdf",
   "source_title": "South Lanarkshire Council Audited Accounts 2024-2025",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Jackie Taylor",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person as the senior_pay 'J Taylor' entry: 2024/25 audited accounts signed 'Jackie Taylor, Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Resources)'; council post page (archived Apr 2025) records her appointment on 8 March 2024.",
    "sources": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18209/audited_accounts_-_south_lanarkshire_council_-_2024-2025_pdf.pdf; https://web.archive.org/web/20250413095543/https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200171/council_departments/587/finance_and_corporate_resources/9"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "L Purdie",
   "title": "Chief Social Work Officer",
   "salary": 122615,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 7970,
   "benefits": 0,
   "notes": "Taxable expenses nil (Table 2).",
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "source_url": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/18209/audited_accounts_-_south_lanarkshire_council_-_2024-2025_pdf.pdf",
   "source_title": "South Lanarkshire Council Audited Accounts 2024-2025",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Liam Purdie",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person as the senior_pay 'L Purdie' entry: SLC IJB meeting papers (Dec 2023) name Liam Purdie, Head of Children & Justice Services and Chief Social Work Officer; Social Work Scotland CSWO list (2024) lists him for South Lanarkshire.",
    "sources": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/slhscp/download/downloads/id/439/sl_ijb_meeting_papers_12_december_2023.pdf; https://socialworkscotland.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CSWO-Contact-List-2024-Updated-Mar-2024.pdf"
   }
  }
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   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "financial_year": "2019/20",
   "n": 8,
   "team_bill": 926836,
   "comparative": 0
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  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "financial_year": "2020/21",
   "n": 7,
   "team_bill": 978033,
   "comparative": 0
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  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "financial_year": "2021/22",
   "n": 10,
   "team_bill": 979867,
   "comparative": 1
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "financial_year": "2022/23",
   "n": 9,
   "team_bill": 1041435,
   "comparative": 0
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "financial_year": "2023/24",
   "n": 9,
   "team_bill": 901629,
   "comparative": 1
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "n": 8,
   "team_bill": 1173996,
   "comparative": 0
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  "2016/17": 1101,
  "2017/18": 1101,
  "2018/19": 1134,
  "2019/20": 1168,
  "2020/21": 1203,
  "2021/22": 1203,
  "2022/23": 1233,
  "2023/24": 1300.81,
  "2024/25": 1300.81,
  "2025/26": 1378.85,
  "2026/27": 1468.47
 },
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   "real": 740,
   "realEarn": 740,
   "nominal100": 8,
   "real100": 8
  },
  {
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "nominal": 779,
   "real": 750,
   "realEarn": 564,
   "nominal100": 9,
   "real100": 9
  },
  {
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "nominal": 805,
   "real": 677,
   "realEarn": 623,
   "nominal100": 13,
   "real100": 9
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  {
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "nominal": 951,
   "real": 512,
   "realEarn": 558,
   "nominal100": 21,
   "real100": 6
  },
  {
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "nominal": 2666,
   "real": 751,
   "realEarn": 830,
   "nominal100": 34,
   "real100": 7
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  {
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "nominal": 1664,
   "real": 646,
   "realEarn": 566,
   "nominal100": 34,
   "real100": 8
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 ],
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   "fy": "2019/20",
   "packages": 1,
   "cost": 149162,
   "costPartial": false
  },
  {
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "packages": 0,
   "cost": 0,
   "costPartial": false
  },
  {
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "packages": 0,
   "cost": 0,
   "costPartial": false
  },
  {
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "packages": 0,
   "cost": 0,
   "costPartial": false
  }
 ],
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  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2019/20",
   "lower": 100001,
   "upper": 150000,
   "packages": 1,
   "cost": 149162
  }
 ],
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  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2019/20",
   "lgps": 51719000,
   "teachers": 30215000,
   "notes": "LGPS figure is 'Employers' contributions payable to Strathclyde Pension Fund' (£'000, x1000) from the MiRS section of Note 30 Pension Schemes Accounted for as Defined Benefit Schemes. Teachers' figure printed as £30.215m paid to Teachers' Pensions in Note 29 Pension Schemes Accounted for as Defined Contribution Schemes (x1,000,000). No combined total printed."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "lgps": 56238000,
   "teachers": 34934000,
   "notes": "LGPS figure is 'Employers' contributions payable to Strathclyde Pension Fund' (£'000, x1000) from the MiRS section of Note 30 Pension Schemes Accounted for as Defined Benefit Schemes. Teachers' figure printed as £34.934 million paid to Teachers' Pensions in Note 29 Pension Schemes Accounted for as Defined Contribution Schemes (x1,000,000). No combined total printed."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "lgps": 57565000,
   "teachers": 36457000,
   "notes": "Prior-year comparatives in the 2022/23 accounts. LGPS figure is 'Employers' contributions payable to Strathclyde Pension Fund' (£'000, x1000), 31 March 2022 column of the MiRS section of Note 30. Teachers' figure printed in Note 29 narrative: 'The figures for 2021/2022 were £36.457 million' (x1,000,000). No combined total printed."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "lgps": 61557000,
   "teachers": 38864000,
   "notes": "LGPS figure is 'Employers' contributions payable to Strathclyde Pension Fund' (£'000, x1000) from the MiRS section of Note 30 Pension Schemes Accounted for as Defined Benefit Schemes. Teachers' figure printed as £38.864 million paid to Teachers' Pensions in Note 29 Pension Schemes Accounted for as Defined Contribution Schemes (x1,000,000). No combined total printed."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "lgps": 69609000,
   "teachers": 41558000,
   "notes": "Prior-year comparatives in the 2024/25 accounts. LGPS figure is 'Employers' contributions payable to Strathclyde Pension Fund' (£'000, x1000), 31 March 2024 column of the MiRS section of Note 30. Teachers' figure printed in Note 29 narrative: 'The figures for 2023/2024 were £41.558 million' (x1,000,000). No combined total printed."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "lgps": 29229000,
   "teachers": 48420000,
   "notes": "LGPS figure is 'Employers' contributions payable to Strathclyde Pension Fund' (£'000, x1000) from the MiRS section of Note 30 Pension schemes accounted for as defined benefit schemes; the sharp drop from 2023/24 reflects the Fund cutting the employer contribution rate from 19.3% to 6.5% for 2024/2025 following the 31 March 2023 triennial valuation (stated in Note 30). Teachers' figure printed as £48.420 million paid into the Teachers' Pension Scheme in respect of employer contributions, Note 29 (x1,000,000). No combined total printed."
  }
 ],
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  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2019/20",
   "total": 1038994,
   "salaries": 997363,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Note 14 Members Allowances, figures in whole £. Expenses row is the printed 'Expenses' line; a separate 'Mileage Allowance' row of £38,582 is also printed and included in the printed total. Total number of councillors not stated."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "total": 1030246,
   "salaries": 1025863,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Note 14 Members Allowances, figures in whole £. Expenses row is the printed 'Expenses' line; a separate 'Mileage Allowance' row of £3,450 is also printed and included in the printed total. Total number of councillors not stated."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "total": 1067652,
   "salaries": 1064313,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Prior-year column of Note 14 Members Allowances in the 2022/23 accounts, figures in whole £. Expenses row is the printed 'Expenses' line; a separate 'Mileage Allowance' row of £2,756 is also printed and included in the printed total. Total number of councillors not stated."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "total": 1160621,
   "salaries": 1138350,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Note 14 Members Allowances, figures in whole £. Expenses row is the printed 'Expenses' line; a separate 'Mileage Allowance' row of £17,563 is also printed and included in the printed total. Total number of councillors not stated (Remuneration Report names only the 19 Senior Councillors)."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "total": 1192638,
   "salaries": 1169378,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Prior-year column of Note 14 Members allowances in the 2024/25 accounts, figures in whole £. Expenses row is the printed 'Expenses' line; a separate 'Mileage Allowance' row of £20,177 is also printed and included in the printed total. Total number of councillors not stated."
  },
  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "total": 1264417,
   "salaries": 1246071,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Note 14 Members allowances, figures in whole £. Expenses row is the printed 'Expenses' line; a separate 'Mileage Allowance' row of £14,564 is also printed and included in the printed total. Total number of councillors not stated (Remuneration Report names only the 19 Senior Councillors)."
  }
 ],
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  {
   "council": "South Lanarkshire",
   "body": "South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture (SCIO)",
   "body_type": "SCIO",
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "name": null,
   "title": "Employees in band",
   "salary": null,
   "salary_band": "£110,000 - £119,999",
   "is_band": 1,
   "notes": "Note 9 Staff numbers and costs, group and charity: five employees received a salary, including benefits in kind, of more than £60,000 (bands £60,000-£69,999: 3; £70,000-£79,999: 1; £110,000-£119,999: 1). These employees are members of the pension scheme.",
   "source_url": "https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/sllc/download/downloads/id/158/south_lanarkshire_leisure_and_culture_annual_accounts_2024-2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture (SCIO) Annual Accounts, consolidated financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2025 (charity SC032549)",
   "ident": null
  }
 ],
 "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/."
}