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claytonender · 19-01-2011, 21:04

''This was actually voted on at the council meeting on 7 December. The Labour Group proposed the following amendment -That in respect of carer’s allowance [Paragraph 4 of the scheme], a carer’s allowance will be paid in respect of costs necessarily incurred by Councillors in arranging care for a child or children up to and including his or her 17th birthday; and
Those additional conditions of entitlement to carer’s allowance shall be that
• receipts are produced; and
• The payment in regard to the childcare element of the allowance is for a registered
child-minder, nursery or nanny or has been suitably CRB cleared.”

The amendment was defeated, after a recorded vote.

Before the meeting I looked at all the other local authorities in Lancashire and most do not pay an allowance for children over the age of 16, or stipulate the condition that the Labour Group proposed.

19-01-2011, 21:04	#5
claytonender Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Clayton-le-Moors Posts: 892 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 272	Re: Councillors expenses ''This was actually voted on at the council meeting on 7 December. The Labour Group proposed the following amendment -That in respect of carer’s allowance [Paragraph 4 of the scheme], a carer’s allowance will be paid in respect of costs necessarily incurred by Councillors in arranging care for a child or children up to and including his or her 17th birthday; and Those additional conditions of entitlement to carer’s allowance shall be that • receipts are produced; and • The payment in regard to the childcare element of the allowance is for a registered child-minder, nursery or nanny or has been suitably CRB cleared.” The amendment was defeated, after a recorded vote. Before the meeting I looked at all the other local authorities in Lancashire and most do not pay an allowance for children over the age of 16, or stipulate the condition that the Labour Group proposed.