{
 "council": "West Lothian",
 "nation": "scotland",
 "financial_year": "2024/25",
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": "G Hope",
   "title": "Chief Executive",
   "salary": 171596,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 30201,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "Includes £3,484 Returning Officer payment (note 1). Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Graham Hope",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: audited accounts signed 'Graham Hope, Chief Executive'; council structure page.",
    "sources": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf; https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/council-structure"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "A White",
   "title": "Depute Chief Executive / Chief Officer, West Lothian Integration Joint Board",
   "salary": 147044,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 25880,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "NHS Lothian contributes 50% of the total cost of employment. Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Alison White",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: 2020/21 accounts narrative naming Alison White as the new Depute Chief Executive from 5 July 2021; IJB Annual Performance Report 2020/21; council structure page.",
    "sources": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/50460/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2021/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2021.pdf; https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/council-structure"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "R G Struthers",
   "title": "Depute Chief Executive",
   "salary": 147044,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 25880,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Graeme Struthers",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council's Operational Services Management Plan 2019/20 naming Graeme Struthers as Depute Chief Executive; Falkirk Herald corroboration.",
    "sources": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/35349/2019-20-Management-Plan----Operational-Services/pdf/Operational_Services_Management_Plan_2019-20.pdf; https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/politics/council/west-lothian-council-to-push-ahead-with-artificial-intelligence-plans-3301914"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "E Cook",
   "title": "Depute Chief Executive",
   "salary": 147044,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 25880,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Elaine Cook",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council structure page and October 2025 structure chart naming Dr. Elaine Cook as Depute Chief Executive.",
    "sources": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/council-structure; https://westlothian.gov.uk/media/2959/Council-Structure-Chart/pdf/WLC-structure-2016.pdf"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "J Whitelaw",
   "title": "Head of Housing, Customer and Building Services",
   "salary": 120407,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 21192,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Julie Whitelaw",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council structure page and October 2025 structure chart naming Julie Whitelaw as Head of Housing, Customer and Building Services.",
    "sources": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/council-structure; https://westlothian.gov.uk/media/2959/Council-Structure-Chart/pdf/WLC-structure-2016.pdf"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "S McGarty",
   "title": "Head of Education (Secondary Schools)",
   "salary": 120407,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 21192,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Siobhan McGarty",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council Education Services Management Plan 2022/23 and structure page naming Siobhan McGarty.",
    "sources": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/54343/2022-23-Management-Plan-Education-Services/pdf/220503_Education_Services_Management_Plan_2022-23_DRAFT_FOR_PDSP_A15803147.pdf; https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/council-structure"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "G Welsh",
   "title": "Head of Service (Primary Schools)",
   "salary": 120407,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 21192,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Greg Welsh",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council Education Services Management Plans 2021/22 and 2022/23 naming Greg Welsh as the primary-education head of service.",
    "sources": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/54343/2022-23-Management-Plan-Education-Services/pdf/220503_Education_Services_Management_Plan_2022-23_DRAFT_FOR_PDSP_A15803147.pdf; https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/council-structure"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "J MacPherson",
   "title": "Head of Social Policy",
   "salary": 120407,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": null,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "Not listed in the LGPS pension table (note 4.3) — no employer pension contribution disclosed. Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Jo MacPherson",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council structure page and October 2025 structure chart naming Jo MacPherson as Head of Social Policy.",
    "sources": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/council-structure; https://westlothian.gov.uk/media/2959/Council-Structure-Chart/pdf/WLC-structure-2016.pdf"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "L Henderson",
   "title": "Head of Corporate Services",
   "salary": 112076,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 19725,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Lesley Henderson",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council structure page and October 2025 structure chart naming Lesley Henderson as Head of Corporate Services.",
    "sources": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/council-structure; https://westlothian.gov.uk/media/2959/Council-Structure-Chart/pdf/WLC-structure-2016.pdf"
   }
  },
  {
   "name": "P Welsh",
   "title": "Interim Head of Finance and Property Services (from 25 August 2023 until 31 January 2025)",
   "salary": 105123,
   "salary_band": null,
   "is_band": 0,
   "pension": 17332,
   "benefits": null,
   "notes": "Part year; FYE £118,171. Table discloses total remuneration only (salary, fees & allowances); no separate benefits column.",
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "source_url": "https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/67682/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2025/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2025.pdf",
   "source_title": "West Lothian Council Statement of Annual Accounts as at 31 March 2025 (Audited)",
   "financial_year": "2024/25",
   "ident": {
    "full_name": "Patrick Welsh",
    "confidence": "record",
    "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: audited 2022/23 accounts signed 'PATRICK WELSH CPFA, Interim Head of Finance and Property Services'.",
    "sources": "https://westlothian.gov.uk/media/58785/Statement-of-Annual-Accounts-as-at-31-March-2023/pdf/Statement_of_Annual_Accounts_as_at_31_March_2023.pdf"
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   "council": "West Lothian",
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  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
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   "n": 14,
   "team_bill": 1374633,
   "comparative": 0
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
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   "n": 16,
   "team_bill": 1389103,
   "comparative": 1
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  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "financial_year": "2022/23",
   "n": 14,
   "team_bill": 1384436,
   "comparative": 0
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
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   "n": 12,
   "team_bill": 1396823,
   "comparative": 1
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
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   "n": 14,
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   "comparative": 0
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  "2021/22": 1276.42,
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  "2023/24": 1390.96,
  "2024/25": 1390.96,
  "2025/26": 1515.45,
  "2026/27": 1627.59
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   "real100": 6
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  {
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   "nominal": 444,
   "real": 434,
   "realEarn": 368,
   "nominal100": 6,
   "real100": 5
  },
  {
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "nominal": 462,
   "real": 412,
   "realEarn": 391,
   "nominal100": 6,
   "real100": 4
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  {
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "nominal": 560,
   "real": 326,
   "realEarn": 357,
   "nominal100": 10,
   "real100": 4
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  {
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "nominal": 1468,
   "real": 399,
   "realEarn": 440,
   "nominal100": 18,
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  {
   "fy": "2024/25",
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   "realEarn": 343,
   "nominal100": 18,
   "real100": 5
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 ],
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  {
   "fy": "2019/20",
   "packages": 21,
   "cost": 549000,
   "costPartial": false
  },
  {
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "packages": 17,
   "cost": 747000,
   "costPartial": false
  },
  {
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "packages": 7,
   "cost": 213000,
   "costPartial": false
  },
  {
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "packages": 4,
   "cost": 82000,
   "costPartial": false
  },
  {
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "packages": 19,
   "cost": 421000,
   "costPartial": false
  },
  {
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "packages": 15,
   "cost": 589000,
   "costPartial": false
  }
 ],
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  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "lower": 100001,
   "upper": 150000,
   "packages": 2,
   "cost": 209000
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 ],
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  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2019/20",
   "lgps": 26464000,
   "teachers": 17350000,
   "notes": "Prior-year comparatives in the 2020/21 accounts. LGPS: 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £26,464k (Note 20.2, Lothian Pension Fund), printed in £'000, converted ×1,000. Teachers: 'the council paid an employer's contribution of ... £17.350 million' to the Scottish Government (SPPA) per Note 20.1 narrative, printed in £m. No combined total printed. Contributions in respect of unfunded benefits (£1,940k) printed separately and excluded."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "lgps": 28466000,
   "teachers": 20062000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £28,466k (Note 20.2, Lothian Pension Fund), printed in £'000, converted ×1,000. Teachers: 'In 2020/21 the council paid an employer's contribution of £20.062 million ... at the prescribed rate of 23% of pensionable pay to the Scottish Government' (Note 20.1), printed in £m. No combined total printed. Contributions in respect of unfunded benefits (£1,917k) and teachers' added-years payments (£0.395m) printed separately and excluded."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "lgps": 29898000,
   "teachers": 20670000,
   "notes": "Prior-year comparatives in the 2022/23 accounts. LGPS: 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £29,898k (Note 20.2, Lothian Pension Fund), printed in £'000, converted ×1,000. Teachers: '£20.670 million 2021/22' paid to the Scottish Government (SPPA) per Note 20.1 narrative, printed in £m. No combined total printed. Contributions in respect of unfunded benefits (£1,834k) printed separately and excluded."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "lgps": 32549000,
   "teachers": 21647000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £32,549k (Note 20.2, Lothian Pension Fund), printed in £'000, converted ×1,000. Teachers: 'In 2022/23 the council paid an employer's contribution of £21.647 million ... at the prescribed rate of 23% of pensionable pay to the Scottish Government' (Note 20.1), printed in £m. No combined total printed. Contributions in respect of unfunded benefits (£1,798k) and teachers' added-years payments (£0.329m) printed separately and excluded."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "lgps": 34866000,
   "teachers": 25886000,
   "notes": "Prior-year comparatives in the 2024/25 accounts. LGPS: 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £34,866k (Note 20.2, Lothian Pension Fund), printed in £'000, converted ×1,000. Teachers: '£25.886 million 2023/24' paid to the Scottish Government (SPPA) per Note 20.1 narrative, printed in £m. No combined total printed. Contributions in respect of unfunded benefits (£1,907k) printed separately and excluded."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "lgps": 29076000,
   "teachers": 28571000,
   "notes": "LGPS: 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £29,076k (Note 20.2, Lothian Pension Fund), printed in £'000, converted ×1,000. Teachers: 'In 2024/25 the council paid an employer's contribution of £28.571 million ... at the prescribed rate of 26% of pensionable pay to the Scottish Government' (Note 20.1), printed in £m. No combined total printed. Contributions in respect of unfunded benefits (£1,920k) and teachers' added-years payments (£0.324m) printed separately and excluded."
  }
 ],
 "councillor_remuneration_by_year": [
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2019/20",
   "total": 744000,
   "salaries": 699000,
   "n": 33,
   "notes": "Prior-year comparatives in Remuneration Report section 2.3 'Total Councillors Remuneration' (£'000): Salaries 699, Allowances 14, Expenses 31, Total 744. Salaries field is the Salaries line; the separate £14k Allowances line is included in the printed total but not in salaries or expenses. Converted ×1,000. 33 councillors per management commentary (nine electoral wards)."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2020/21",
   "total": 716000,
   "salaries": 698000,
   "n": 33,
   "notes": "Remuneration Report section 2.3 'Total Councillors Remuneration' (£'000): Salaries 698, Allowances 7, Expenses 11, Total 716. Salaries field is the Salaries line; the separate £7k Allowances line is included in the printed total but not in salaries or expenses. Converted ×1,000. 'West Lothian Council has nine electoral wards and 33 councillors' (Annual Governance Statement 3.1)."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2021/22",
   "total": 752000,
   "salaries": 737000,
   "n": 33,
   "notes": "Prior-year comparatives in Remuneration Report section 2.3 'Total Councillors Remuneration' (£'000): Salaries 737, Allowances 9, Expenses 6, Total 752. Salaries field is the Salaries line; the separate £9k Allowances line is included in the printed total but not in salaries or expenses. Converted ×1,000. 33 councillors per the 2022/23 accounts' governance statement."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2022/23",
   "total": 780000,
   "salaries": 771000,
   "n": 33,
   "notes": "Remuneration Report section 2.3 'Total Councillors Remuneration' (£'000): Salaries 771, Allowances 2, Expenses 7, Total 780. Salaries field is the Salaries line; the separate £2k Allowances line is included in the printed total but not in salaries or expenses. Converted ×1,000. 'West Lothian Council has nine electoral wards and 33 councillors' (Annual Governance Statement 3.1)."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2023/24",
   "total": 824000,
   "salaries": 808000,
   "n": 33,
   "notes": "Prior-year comparatives in Remuneration Report section 2.3 'Total Councillors Remuneration' (£'000): Salaries 808, Allowances 3, Expenses 13, Total 824. Salaries field is the Salaries line; the separate £3k Allowances line is included in the printed total but not in salaries or expenses. Converted ×1,000. 33 councillors per the 2024/25 accounts' governance statement."
  },
  {
   "council": "West Lothian",
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "total": 846000,
   "salaries": 835000,
   "n": 33,
   "notes": "Remuneration Report section 2.3 'Total Councillors Remuneration' (£'000): Salaries 835, Allowances 2, Expenses 9, Total 846. Salaries field is the Salaries line; the separate £2k Allowances line is included in the printed total but not in salaries or expenses. Converted ×1,000. 'West Lothian Council has nine electoral wards and thirty-three councillors' (Annual Governance Statement 3.1)."
  }
 ],
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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/."
}