Member allowances and expenses

Members' expenses

Councillors are entitled to claim expenses for a limited number of costs that fall outside member allowance. Each claim is assessed against a stringent set of guidance set in the council's constitution.

The following information is supplied as a matter of record in addition to the statutorily required annual publication of member allowances and prescribed expenses. The roles of members vary widely as do the demands and expectations of their constituents; it's important to keep this in mind when making any comparison between individual members.

The publishing of member expenses follows a decision by Southwark Council's standards committee and is part of the authority's commitment to openness.

The council cautions against these figures being used for comparison purposes as councillors have different responsibilities and different personal circumstances. The council publishes details of some categories of member expenses, including those paid on behalf of members.

Here are examples of things that can be claimed:

• travel as part of formal duties
• subsistence if away from home as part of formal duties
• child care and dependent carer allowance
• appropriate operational costs

Members' expenses

• Members' expenses April 2022 to March 2023 ^{(PDF, 234kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2021 to March 2022 ^{(PDF, 71kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2020 to March 2021 ^{(PDF, 409kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2019 to March 2020 ^{(PDF, 27kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2018 to March 2019 ^{(PDF, 15kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2017 to March 2018 ^{(PDF, 13kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2016 to March 2017 ^{(PDF, 13kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2015 to March 2016 ^{(PDF, 13kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2014 to March 2015 ^{(PDF, 37kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2013 to March 2014 ^{(PDF, 54kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2012 to March 2013 ^{(PDF, 28kb)}
• Members' expenses October 2011 to March 2012 ^{(PDF, 46kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2011 to September 2011 ^{(PDF, 46kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2010 to March 2011 ^{(PDF, 48kb)}
• Members' expenses October 2009 to March 2010 ^{(PDF, 14kb)}
• Members' expenses April 2009 to September 2009 ^{(PDF, 14kb)}

Conference fees and transport expenses

• Members' conference and transport expenses October 2011 to March 2012 ^{(PDF, 44kb)}
• Members' conference fees and transport expenses April 2011 to September 2011 ^{(PDF, 43kb)}
• Members' conference and transport expenses April 2010 to March 2011 ^{(PDF, 45kb)}
• Members' conference fees and transport expenses October 2009 to March 2010 ^{(PDF, 9kb)}
• Members' conference fees and transport expenses April 2009 to September 2009 ^{(PDF, 9kb)}

Journal expenses

• Members' journal expenses October 2011 to March 2012 ^{(PDF, 40kb)}
• Members' journal expenses April 2011 to September 2011 ^{(PDF, 41kb)}
• Members' journal expenses April 2010 to March 2011 ^{(PDF, 44kb)}
• Members' journals expenses October 2009 to March 2010 ^{(PDF, 8kb)}
• Members' journal expenses April 2009 to September 2009 ^{(PDF, 8kb)}

For more information, email constitutional.team@southwark.gov.uk or telephone 020 7527 3310.

Page last updated: 10 May 2024