DETAILS have been released of allowances paid to Richmondshire's district councillors in the past financial year.

Each member of the authority receives £2,500, although additional responsibility payments are also made to the council leader, Councillor John Blackie, chairman, Councillor James Kendall, and the chairmen and vice-chairmen of each committee.

Individual allowances exclude travel and subsistence and not all members claimed the full amount.

Listed below are the allowances each councillor claimed with their additional travel and subsistence payments listed in brackets:

R Alderson; £3,760.97 (£1,206.61); A Appleton: £2,510.93; A Bagley: £3,524.14; C Bailey: £4,258.91 (£889.21); J Blackie: £6,372.42 (£27.37); P Brennan: £2,431.42; G Buckle: £2,472.55: K Carr: £2,489.00 (£873.08); P Cullen: £3,045.14 (£233.41); C Dawson: £3,654.73 (£541.72); R Dunn: £3,633.47 (£1,003.77); J Fryer: £3,577.25 (£609.23); J Gill: £3,658.14 (£609.14); S Golding: £2,431.42 (£0.99); R Good: £2,547.41; M Graham: £2,949.16 (£122.35); H Grant: £2,486.25 (£322.02); J Harris: £2,488.67: M Heseltine: £2,431.42 (£543.39); D Jarvill: £2,472.55; T Jones: £2,472.55 (£624.93); J Kendall: £2,538.37 (£595.82); J Metcalfe: £2,431.42 (£323.26); P Middlemiss: £3,216.50 (£232.67); L Miller: £2,486.25 (£275.51); W Morton: £3,156.26 (£544.11); J Parlour: £2,609.05 (£385.47); Y Peacock: £3,575.88 (£1,176.21); A Pelton: £2,472.55 (£167.90); K Smith: £2,431.42 (£752.58); N Watson: £2,431.42; P Wood: £3,028.67 (£244.39); C World: £2,431.42; K Loadman: nil.