Service update - Waste collections
Due to recent bank holidays your waste and recycling collection day may have changed over the next couple of weeks.
Please check your next collection day on the link below:
Find out about the types of allowances provided for Council Members.
Councillors are permitted to claim mileage expenses as specified below.
The rates are set by the Inland Revenue and are such that no taxable element is included.
Mileage Allowance | Price |
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Per mile for the first 10,000 miles | 45.0p |
Per mile after 10,000 miles | 25.0p |
There are additional allowances for transporting passengers, bicycles and motorcycles as follows:
Allowance | Price |
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For each passenger | 5p per mile |
Bicycle rate | 20p per mile |
Motorcycle rate | 24p per mile |
In addition, Co-opted Members on the Salcombe Harbour Board and the Independent Persons are entitled to claim their travel expenses.
Travelling Allowances will normally be payable in respect of attendance at any Approved Duty, except that they may not be claimed where the Body attended pays them.