Disclosure in each council’s statement of accounts of the number of its staff whose remuneration (i.e. all amounts paid to or receivable by an employee) is in the band £50,000-£59,999, and the number in each subsequent £10,000 band, is currently required by the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003.
In the recent local government reorganisation, the Local Government (Structural Changes) (Further Transitional and Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 require the 2008-09 accounts for those abolished councils to be finalised, and the annual statement of accounts to be published, by the relevant new unitary council. These accounts and the accompanying documentation, as for that of all local authorities, must be open for inspection by local electors for the area for 20 working days as part of the audit procedures, and the statement of accounts for the year must be published by the end of September.
The Department is currently consulting on proposals to amend the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003 to improve transparency of reporting of remuneration of senior officers in public bodies. Further information is available at
http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/publications/consultations/