§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the grades and salaries for each grade of police constables in the London Metropolitan area, including the value of allowances.
§ Mr. MayhewThe current rates of basic pay for members of the Metropolitan Police are as follows:
Rank Service in Rank Annual Pay £ Constable Less than 1 year 4,956 After 1 year 5,301 After 2 years 5,919 After 3 years 6,057 After 4 years 6,261 After 5 years 6,471 After 6 years 6,678 After 7 years 6,885 After 8 years 7,089 After 12 years 7,503 After 15 years 7,848 Sergeant Less than 1 year 7,503 After 1 year 7,848 After 2 years 8,121 After 3 years 8,397 After 4 years 8,607 Inspector Less than 1 year 9,072 After 1 year 9,327 After 2 years 9,657 After 3 years 9,951 After 4 years 10,242 Chief Inspector Less than 1 year 10,242 After 1 year 10,497 After 2 years 10,767 After 3 years 11,055 After 4 years 11,340 Superintendent Less than 1 year 14,400 After 1 year 14,523 After 2 years 14,637 After 3 years 14,745 Chief Superintendent Less than 1 year 15,186 After 1 year 15,516 After 2 years 15,867 After 3 years 16,212 Commander — 17,289 Deputy Assistant Commissioner — 19,791 Assistant Commissioner — 24,738 Deputy Commissioner — 27,216 In addition, all members of the Metropolitan Police are paid London weighting of £588 a year and a special London allowance of £894 a year. Officers who are not provided with free accommodation are paid a rent allowance within the maximum limits approved for the force. These range from £1,457 a year for officers below the rank of superintendent to £2,273 a year for assistant commissioners and the deputy commissioner.
Officers below the rank of superintendent receive additional payments at enhanced rates for any overtime worked, and officers on certain specialist duties receive additional allowances, such as plain clothes allowance and detective duty or detective expenses allowance.