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26	Related companies

	The County Council does not have a controlling or dominant influence
	in any company under the terms of the Local Government and Housing
	Act 1989. A dominant influence means that the company operates in
	accordance with the Council's wishes. The Council does not consider
	that group accounts are required to accord with the criteria in the
	Accounting Code of Practice.


27	Members' allowances

	The total of members' allowances paid in the year was £1,281,000 (£1,243,000 in
	2006/07).

28	Officers' emoluments

	The number of employees whose remuneration was £50,000 or more, in bands of
	£10,000, is shown below. The definition of remuneration has been changed to gross
	pay plus taxable expenses from taxable pay and expenses. The comparative data for
	2006/07 has been restated on this basis.
					Number of employees
			2006/07				2007/08


	£50,000 - £59,999		526			607
	£60,000 - £69,999		124			177
	£70,000 - £79,999		52			63
	£80,000 - £89,999		20			39
	£90,000 - £99,999		5			7
	£100,000 - £109,999		6			11
	£110,000 - £119,999		3			5
	£120,000 - £129,999		-			1
	£130,000 - £139,999		1			-
	£140,000 - £149,999		2			1
	£150,000 - £159,999		-			2
	£160,000 - £169,999		4			2
	£170,000 - £179,999		-			-
	£180,000 - £189,999		-			1
	£190,000 - £199,999		-			-
	£200,000 - £209,999		-			-
	£209,999 - £219,999		1			-

			744			916




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29	Publicity account

	Section 5 of the Local Government Act 1986 requires local authorities to keep a separate
	account of expenditure on publicity, which includes staff advertising. Spending on staff
	advertising in 2007/08 was £2.5 million (£2.3m in 2006/07), of which £1.4 million was spent
	on schools' staff advertising and £1.1 million on non-school staff advertising.

	Spending on other publicity in 2007/08 was £2.0 million
	(£1.9 million in 2006/07). Total spending on publicity and staff
	advertising in 2007/08 was £4.5m (£4.3m in 2006/07).

				2006/07			2007/08
				£'000		£'000
	Staff Advertising
	Schools			1,143		1,420
	Other			1,189		1,136

				2,332		2,556

	Other publicity
	Corporate Communications Team					820		771
	Promotion of tourism			124		102
	Publicising public transport services					272		273
	Road safety publicity			176		183
	School Crossing Patrol			99		93
	Promotion of economic development and
	investment in Hampshire					78		80
	Early Education publicity			61		104
	Waste management publicity					78		122
	Business Services Group			41		56
	Planning policy promotion				77		56
	Other			113		151

				1,939		1,991














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