Scarborough Evening News: Top earners revealed in new list

By James Hanley
FIVE bosses at North Yorkshire County Council are picking up six-figure pay packets, it has been revealed.
Chief executive, John Marsden, was the top earner during 2006-07, with a total remuneration of £163,545 – a 24.2 per cent increase on the previous year. The figure includes allowances of £4,563.

Derek Law, the director of adult and community services, was next with £119,017, followed by Cynthia Welbourne, the director of children and young peoples services, on £118,050.

John Moore, the director of finance and central services, was the fourth highest-paid employee on £117,867, with Gordon Gresty, the director of business and environmental services, fifth with a total remuneration of £117,596.

A county council spokesman said: “We continue to pay our senior managers at the middle range compared with other authorities, many of which are significantly smaller.”

The figures are dwarfed by the top-earning town hall chief Northamptonshire’s Philip Gould, who has now retired, who was paid £215,000.

Other high earners include North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust chief executive Janet Soo-Chung, who receives a salary of £70,000 to £75,000, with benefits of £30,000 to £35,000, and ex-Scarborough footballer Jason Rockett, who is now chief executive of Sheffield United plc, who earns £127,000 a year.

Scarborough Council has no members of staff who earn more than £100,000. No-one at the council was available for comment on the issue.

The research was carried out under the Freedom of Information Act by pressure group the TaxPayers’ Alliance.