The University does not remunerate its external independent members of the University Council. Reasonable travel and subsistence expenses incurred in attending meetings relating to the work of the Council and associated charitable events in members' official capacity are reimbursed upon request. The following table shows the total sums reimbursed to individual independent members during the previous two financial years.

The amounts shown do not represent the total expenses individuals incurred; only what was claimed from the University by members or was charged directly to the University's independent member expenses account.

Independent Member	Year ended 31 July 2023 £	Year ended 31 July 2024 £
Louise Ainsworth	0.00	17.77
Yewande Akinola	394.84	419.88
Junaid Bajwa	196.45	687.42
Anita Bhalla	144.14	N/A
Bal Claire	0.00	164.32
James Furse	1603.85	1190.94
Kate Holden	N/A	162.50
Richard Hyde	272.52	195.49
Jayne Nickalls	851.96	886.95
David Normington	32.82	86.08
Adrian Penfold	0.00	0.00
Maya Prabhu	0.00	65.15
Neil Sachdev	17.82	0.00
Wayne Snow	N/A	0.00
Gail Tucker	786.44	17.77
Unallocated or shared travel costs	0	0
Total	4399.71	3894.27