To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) chief executives of local authorities and (b) local authority employees in Lancashire earned more than £100,000 in 2007. (254571)

Central Government do not collect the information requested. However, the local government employers conducts an annual survey of chief executive and chief officer salaries and workforce numbers. The results of this survey are available on their website at:

http://www.lge.gov.uk/lge/core/page.do?pageId=119009