The Local Authorities' (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations require Local Authorities to make public schemes for members' allowances and disclose annually amounts paid to members under such schemes. Some councillors also receive special responsibility allowances for undertaking specific roles such as a Cabinet Member or Chairman of a Committee.

The following are the annual basic allowances payable to members in accordance with THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (MEMBERS’ ALLOWANCES) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2003.

Description of allowance	Allowance 2011/12
Basic allowance paid to all members	£9,902.44
Special Responsibility Allowances
Leader	£14,672.16
Deputy Leader	£9,781.44
Executive Committee Members, largest Opposition Group Leader	£4,890.72
Planning Committee Chair	£2,445.36
Scrutiny Chairs	£3,260.48
Scrutiny Vice-Chairs	£1,630.24
Co-optees Allowance - Audit	£250.00
Co-optees Allowance - Standards	£500.00

Description of allowance	Allowance 2011/12
Dependant Carer's allowance - maximum 4 hours a day including up to 30minutes travelling time each way	£6.08 per hour
Mileage 500 -999cc	£0.469
Mileage 1000 - 1199 cc	£0.522
mileage 1199cc and above	£0.650

Below is a list of allowances paid to members for the following years.