| Full list of local council that paid bonuses in 2007/08 | ||||
| Information collected using requests under the Freedom of Information Act | ||||
| Council | Total paid in bonuses (Pound sterling) | Highest bonus paid to an individual (Pound sterling) | The individual who received the highest bonus paid | Redundant staff since Jan 08 - All compulsory unless stated otherwise in notes |
| Armagh City | 209,784.49 | 3,800.75 | Joiners | 0 |
| Aylesbury Vale District | 3,500.00 | 3,500.00 | Andrew Grant, Chief Executive | 17 |
| Babergh District | 233,615.00 | 4,946.00 | Pat Rockall, Chief Executive | 2 |
| Bedford Borough Council | 312,432.53 | Withheld | Withheld | 0 |
| Bexley London Borough Council | 328,000.00 | 14,000.00 | 2x. The Director of Environment and Regeneration Services and The Director of Children’s and Young People's Services | 44 |
| Birmingham City Council | 9,652,753.00 | 26,143.68 | Works in Highways Division | 34 |
| Bolsover District Council | 13,082.37 | 2,867.83 | Cleansing operative - name witheld | 1 |
| Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 3,260,307.31 | 9,576.32 | Manual worker - a Play Equipment Fitter in Sport & Leisure | 128 |
| Braintree District Council | 22,309.00 | 882.00 | Unnamed grade 3 officer | 8 |
| Breckland District Council | 5,890.59 | 1,500.00 | Officer from the Strategic Housing Department | 8 |
| Brent London Borough Council | 355,983.81 | Withheld | Witheld | 48 |
| Bristol City Council | 1,997,001.46 | 26,123.66 | An employee in the construction section | 98 |
| Broxbourne Borough Council | 62,006.51 | Withheld | Witheld | 0 |
| Camden London Borough Council | 163,000.00 | Withheld | Withheld | 77 |
| Cannock Chase District Council | 453,538.02 | 22,467.43 | Carpenter/multiskilled in the housing (maintenance) department. | 9 |
| Canterbury City Council | 29,822.46 | 2,649.00 | Witheld | 67 |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | 1,865,000.00 | 7,927.00 | Witheld | 49 |
| Castle Point Borough Council | 46,395.29 | Withheld | Witheld | 17 |
| Ceredigion County Council | 63,713.96 | 1,899.52. | Witheld | 43 |
| Chester-le-Street District Council | 15,000.00 | Withheld | Witheld | Witheld |
| Chichester District Council | 43,500.00 | Withheld | Leisure centre staff | 4 |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 69,668.00 | 700.00 | Paid to a craft employee | 3 |
| Copeland Borough Council | 4,025.00 | 4,025.00 | Mr L Murphy, Chief Executive | 2 |
| Craven District Council | 1,590.00 | 1,590.00 | Witheld | 0 |
| Daventry District Council | 24,000.00 | 6,000.00 | Witheld | 1 |
| Derby City Council | 753,907.88 | 25,308.81 | An electrician | 33 |
| Ealing London Borough Council | 283,700.00 | Withheld | Darra Singh, Chief Executive. | 13 |
| East Ayrshire Council | 1,990,371.60 | 13,402.00 | Manual worker | 5 |
| East Hampshire District Council | 26,550.00 | 1,500.00 | 15x, names not privided | 2 |
| Eastbourne Borough Council | 10,706.10 | Withheld | Not named | 11 |
| Eastleigh Borough Council | 28,192.00 | 2,000.00 | Witheld | 2 |
| Erewash Borough Council | 39,082.93 | 11,071.50 | Senior Building Control Officer. | 0 |
| Falkirk Council | 3,400,000.00 | 19,251.00 | Building tradespeople | 0 |
| Fife Council | 31,648.49 | Withheld | Witheld | 61 |
| Gedling Borough Council | 31,866.00 | 1,878.00 | Witheld name - but was a principal officer above band 10 | 0 |
| Guildford Borough Council | 136,979.00 | 4,834.00 | One of the council’s Strategic Directors who retired in February 2008 | 12 |
| Gwynedd County Council | 1,611,304.36 | 11,367.09 | Carpenter | 6 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council | 138,000.00 | Withheld | Witheld | 64 |
| Herefordshire County Council | 7,722.00 | Withheld | Julie Holmes, the Council’s Head of ICT at time | 85 |
| Highland Council | 2,867,000.00 | 8,159.00 | Witheld | 6 |
| Ipswich Borough Council | 380,650.67 | 7,799.59 | Gardener | 12 |
| Isle of Anglesey County Council | 8,500.00 | 1,214.00 | Team of seven shared for recycling target bonus | 3 |
| Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough Council | 1,749,293.00 | 25,000.00 | Derek Myers the Town Clerk and Chief Executive. | 11 |
| Kettering Borough Council | 40,000.00 | Withheld | Witheld | 9 |
| Kingston upon Thames Royal Borough | 5,000.00 | Withheld | Staff transferred over | 28 |
| Kirklees Council | 5,123,216.46 | 22,154.38 | An operative within our Building Services Department | 4 |
| Lambeth London Borough Council | 109,989.00 | 27,357.00 | Mr E Bohl, former Executive Director of Corporate Services | 77 |
| Lichfield District Council | 16,041.00 | 9,459.00 | Ms Nina Dawes, Chief Executive | 4 |
| Mansfield District Council | 720,966.31 | 10,671.77 | AR Paling - Plumber/Gas Fitter | 2 |
| Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 805,698.58 | 4,974.48 | A Building Services labourer | 17 |
| Mid Suffolk District Council | 1,000.00 | 500.00 | Electoral Visiting Officer | 0 |
| Mid Sussex | 30,000.00 | 24,000.00 | John Jory, CEO | 2 |
| Monmouthshire County Council | 1,010,454.52 | 9,508.60 | Highways deputy foreman | 21 |
| New Forest District Council | 21,614.00 | 2,000.00 | Not answered | 15 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne City Council | 46,129.00 | Withheld | Ian Stratford | 112 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 176,847.60 | 11,435.10 | Gavin Whitefield, CEO | 3 |
| North Shropshire District Council | 6,500.00 | 6,500.00 | Then Chief Executive | 7 |
| North West Leicestershire District Council | 74,000.00 | 1,704.00 | Made to 3 staff - names witheld | 6 |
| Nottingham City Council | 69,000.00 | 1,500.00 | 3 unnamed individuals | 123 |
| Penwith District Council | 15,400.00 | 3,000.00 | Jim McKenna, Chief Executive | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 32,941.47 | 4,634.45 | Witheld | 1 |
| Peterborough City Council | 1,998.00 | 68.00 | Play Equipment Handyperson | 58 |
| Plymouth City Council | 1,500,000.00 | 10,995.00 | Witheld | 335 |
| Poole Borough | 2,500.00 | 2,500.00 | Project Manager for Regeneration, Alan Taylor. | 11 |
| Portsmouth City Council | 47,892.48 | 3,998.88 | Caretaker in a Portsmouth school | 51 |
| Preston City Council | 520,515.00 | 6,601.54 | Highways Foreman | 17 |
| Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | 3,468.19 | 160.89 | 5x Electrians and heating engineers, names witheld | 0 |
| Reigate and Banstead Borough Council | 109,592.71 | 4, 293.30 | Director of resources | 7 |
| Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council | 32,281.00 | 7,000.00 | Witheld | 15 |
| Rochford District Council | 14,500.00 | 200.00 | Payroll manager | 0 |
| Rugby Borough Council | 4,277.61 | 1,097.28 | A Highways Labourer and a Cleansing Services Supervisor | 13 |
| Salford City Council | 1,465,500.00 | 10,617.00 | A highways operative | 0 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 2,388,259.26 | 12,640.20 | Four refuse drivers and three refuse loaders | 180 |
| Sefton Council | 400,233.87 | 20,833.27 | Senior lighting operative | 17 |
| Sheffield City Council | 1,559,266.00 | Withheld | Bonuses ONLY paid to manual workers | 212 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 27,976.00 | Withheld | Witheld | 15 |
| South Bucks District Council | 24,139.00 | 2,000.00 | Witheld | 1 |
| Southampton City Council | 64,366.06 | 12,878.48 | Witheld | 16 |
| Southwark London Borough Council | 312,202.00 | Withheld | Witheld | 97 |
| Stafford Borough Council | 43,830.30 | 10,047.92 | David Rawlings, Chief Executive Officer | 7 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | 45,138.00 | Withheld | Witheld | 3 |
| Stevenage Borough Council | 72,837.00 | 3,380.00 | Witheld | 7 |
| Stirling Council | 1,797,860.23 | 6,332.66 | Roads Foreman | 31 |
| Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 36,747.67 | 7,129.35 | George Garlick, Chief Executive | 50 |
| Stoke on Trent City Council | 1,627,368.00 | 8,585.00 | 12 waste charge hands, 6 waste labourers, 1 charge hand and 1 LGV driver. | 26 |
| Suffolk Coastal District Council | 28,264.00 | 5,164.00 | Chief Executive | 0 |
| Sutton London Borough Council | 47,316.00 | 7,275.00 | 4x Strategic Directors | 17 |
| Swale Borough Council | 26,637.91 | 6,480.00 | Member of HR department | 3 |
| Tandridge District Council | 9,610.38 | 9,610.38 | Witheld | 0 |
| Taunton Deane District Council | 64,708.98 | 11,747.50 | Strategic Director | 4 |
| Torbay Council | 120,145.73 | 4,000.00 | Witheld | 16 |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough | 15,954.00 | 6,954.00 | David McNulty, Chief Executive | 91 |
| Vale Royal Borough Council | 32,582.00 | 750.00 | A group - more information withheld | 1 |
| Waltham Forest London Borough | 1,695.00 | 1,695.00 | Withheld under section 40(2) of the FOIA 2000, which provides an absolute exemption from disclosing information about identifiable individuals where it would breach the Data Protection Act 1998. "individual is not senior management, does not have a public-facing role, and is not responsible for major policy decisions or expenditure" | 55 |
| West Lancashire District Council | 265,002.00 | 8,458.00 | Grounds Maintenance | 1 |
| West Lothian Council | 2,951,520.52 | 5,490.00 | Refuse Driver / Driver 2 Chargehand | 0 |
| Westminster City Council | 4,992,285.41 | 45,000.00 | Peter Rogers, Chief Executive Officer | 21 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council | 17,000.00 | 10,000.00 | Refusal to share - The post concerned was salary scale £34,000 and therefore not affected by the ruling of the Information Commissioner to disclose salary bands of those earning in excess of £100,000. We are withholding the employees name and position under Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Personal Information. | 8 |
| Wokingham District Council | 92,636.42 | 9,940.05 | Chief Executive. During 2007/08 the Chief Executive was Mr Douglas Patterson. | 6 |
| York | 1,451,281.00 | 8,981.19 | A mason - refusal of name | 20 |
| TOTALS | 63,255,578.50 | 2,829 | ||