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Annex C Glossary
- ASHE: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings - a new survey that has been developed to replace the New Earnings Survey ( NES).
- CoSLA: Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.
- Councillors Remuneration Progress Group ( CRPG): Established in September 2004, chaired by Lord Sewel, with the remit to consider options for councillors' remuneration, the associated costs and practical implications. Also referred to as the Sewel Group.
- DBS: Defined Benefit Scheme, one of the main types of pension arrangement.
- DCS: Defined Contribution Scheme, one of the main types of pension arrangement.
- ESE: Estimated Service Expenditure (see Annex B).
- GAE: Grant Aided Expenditure (see Annex B).
- HMRC: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
- LGPS: Local Government Pension Scheme - a statutory public service defined benefit pension scheme used for Local Government staff.
- Median: the median salary is the middle salary i.e. the salary level at which there are as many above it as there are below it in the distribution. The median is often used as a measure of central tendency when the average figure is distorted due to the highly skewed nature of the distribution.
- NDPBs: Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
- Public Attitudes to Councillors' Remuneration: Findings of research from MORI Social Policy Monitor, commissioned by the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee.
- Renewing Local Democracy Working Group: Set up in July 1999, the Group, chaired by Richard Kerley, reported to Ministers in June 2000. Its remit was to consider ways in which council membership could be made more attractive to a wider cross-section of the community, and become more representative of it, and advise on remuneration of councillors. Also known as the Kerley Group.
- SINA: Special Islands Needs Allowance (see Annex B).
- S LARC: Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee
- SOLACE: Society of Local Authority Chief Executives.
- SRA: Special Responsibility Allowance - part of current system of councillors' remuneration.
- Survey of Scottish Councillors Workload & Analysis of Councillors' Weight of Responsibilities: Hexagon Research & Consulting's report, commissioned by the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee.
- Widening Access to Council Membership Progress Group ( WAPG): Established in July 2003, with Rowena Arshad OBE as convenor, and the remit of taking forward work on making council membership attractive to a wide cross-section of the community, and make recommendations on training, development and support of councillors.
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