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 2022 £	Year ended 31 July 2023 £
Louise Ainsworth	88.03	0.00
Yewande Akinola	47.83	394.84
Junaid Bajwa	N/A	196.45
Anita Bhalla	283.32	144.14
Bal Claire	210	0.00
James Furse	283.15	1603.85
Richard Hyde	44.55	272.52
Deborah Keith	497.96	N/A
Jayne Nickalls	343.26	851.96
David Normington	0.00	32.82
Adrian Penfold	0.00	0.00
Neil Sachdev	0.00	17.82
Gail Tucker	512	786.44
Unallocated or shared travel costs	0	0
Total	927.55	4399.71