Herefordshire Council - compensation payouts for former senior officers revealed

New figures confirm Mr Bull went in October 2012 with £150,629 in compensation, taking his total remuneration to £281,166 including £23,364 in pension contributions.

Six months  later, in April 2013, an assistant director (law, governance & resilience)  left  with £34,952 in compensation taking total remuneration to £38,627.

Over 2012-13 the post was worth a £90,000 salary and total remuneration of £109,620 including pension contributions.

April last year also saw head of service - adult services  go with £28,506 in compensation taking total remuneration to £32,269 including pension contributions.

Over 2012-13 the post was worth £95,285 in total remuneration including pension contributions.

Head of special projects left in December last year  with £30,000 in compensation and a total remuneration of £108,741 including pension contributions.

Figures also confirm that assistant director, customer services and communications left  with £42,116 in compensation over the 2012-13 financial year, taking total remuneration to £97,699 including a salary of £45,635 and pension contributions of £9,946.

The final figure for the total payout was £286,203.

Six figure remuneration posts on the council over the past financial year were:

Chief Executive - Salary: £143,887. Total Remuneration (including pension contributions): £176,512.

Director for Children’s Well-Being - Salary: £111,904. Total Remuneration (including pension contributions): £137,104

Director for Economy, Communities and Corporate – Salary: £119,284. Total Remuneration  (including pension contributions): £146,465

Assistant director (people, policy and partnerships) – Salary: £82,510. Total remuneration (including pension contributions) £100,287

All told, the council had 103 employees on  salaries  between £50,000-£145,000 over 2013-14.

In 2012-13, there were 116 employees on salaries between £50,000 and £260,000.