FOI Request - Expense Claims for Elected Members

Request 101003833876

Please provide a breakdown of itemised expenses claims for each elected member of The Moray Council from May 2022 – present. For each itemised claim for each councillor, please include:

• Date expense incurred;
• Date claimed;
• Category of claim (transport, IT, etc);
• Purpose and/or description of claim;
• Amount claimed;
• Amount paid.

Response 04-09-2025

To provide the information broken down as requested would take more than 40 hours. This task would cost the Council in excess of £600 of staff time. In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (excessive cost), we are therefore unable to comply with this part of the request.

In order to be helpful, please note, Councillors' Allowances and Expenses are published and available on the Moray Council website. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_90017.html”