To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what requirements there are on local authorities to publish the salaries of (a) identified and (b) unidentified local government employees. (319272)

Local authorities are required to disclose in their Statement of Annual Accounts details of the number of staff earning over £50,000 per annum in £10,000 bandings.

New legislation will come into force on 31 March 2010 which will require local authorities to disclose these details in £5,000 bandings. In addition, for senior officers local authorities will be required to publish detailed remuneration information within their Statement of Annual Accounts, in the following categories:

the total amount of salary, fees or allowances

the total amount of bonuses paid or receivable

the total amount of expenses allowance

the total amount of any compensation

the body’s contribution to the person’s pension

the total estimated value of any other benefits

‘Senior’ officers earning over £50,000 pro rata per annum to be listed by job title, except where officers receive over £150,000 in which case they will be named.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authority staff earned over (a) £50,000 a year and (b) £100,000 a year in the most recent period for which figures are available. (319283)

The information requested is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on levels of pay inflation among senior local government officers since 1997. (319284)

The information requested is not held centrally.