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7. CHAIRS AND MEMBERS: ANNUAL UPRATE 2009-10

What is the annual uprate for Chairs and Members?

7.1 Subject to obtaining the appropriate Scottish Government approval, the daily fee rates to Chairs and Members for 2009-10 may be increased as follows:

• Up to a 1.50% increase for Chairs and Members whose current daily fee (including any public body pension contribution) is below the relevant ceiling in the Daily Fee Framework. Increases are limited to the ceiling of the relevant Band.
• No increase for Chairs or Members whose daily fee (including any pension contribution) is above the ceiling in the Daily Fee Framework, except where the daily fees were agreed previously by Ministers at levels above the ceiling. Where this was the case, then a business case may be put to the Scottish Government Remuneration Group to apply the 2009-10 increase. The business case should set out why the existing daily fee is above the ceiling; who approved it and when; and the percentage increase being sought.

7.2 Where the 1.50% uprate results in an amount less than a whole pound, this may be rounded to the nearest pound in line with standard arithmetic practice.

7.3 It is open to the Sponsor Team to waive any increase (for example, where this would cause problems for the public body in managing its administration costs).

7.4 The Daily Fee Framework for 2009-10 is set out in full in paragraph 6.20. In summary, the ceiling limits are as follows:

Table 4: Chairs & Members Daily Fee Framework 2009-10 - ceilings (gross daily fees)

When do the increases apply?

7.5 Increased daily fee rates will apply from 1 April 2009 or the usual settlement date where later.

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