Glasgow - FOI, Senior Officials and Equal Pay



Here's an FOI request I submitted to Glasgow City Council back in March 2018 - the Council has now responded and their answer makes for very interesting reading.

More to follow soon - so watch this space.

21 March 2018


Annemarie O'Donnell
Chief Executive
Glasgow City Council
 
By email to - annemarie.odonnell@ced.glasgow.gov.uk


Dear Ms O'Donnell
 
FOISA Request

I would like to make the following request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. 

I refer to the Annual Accounts of Glasgow City Council for the year to 31 March 2017 and, specifically, to Paragraph 5.2 (Page 131) which deals with the pension benefits of senior council employees.

1) Please explain the basis of the £134,147 employer pension contribution paid in respect of the Executive Director of Finance, Lynn Brown? I note the figure increased to £134,147 in 2017 from £26,116 in 2016.

2) Please confirm whether this payment was made in respect of 'added years' and what impact this payment had on the Executive Director's pension benefits?

3) Please provide a copy of the council correspondence or the official council report which recommended that the Executive Director should be awarded 'added years'.

I look forward to your reply and would be grateful if you could respond to me by e-mail at: markirvine@compuserve.com
Kind regards
 
 
 
Mark Irvine 


  

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