HC Deb 11 November 1999 vol 337 cc795-6W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value is of London weighting for(a) police officers and (b) civilian staff in the Metropolitan Police; what the rates were in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [98173]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District tells me that London weighting for police and civil staff in the Metropolitan Police over the last five years is as follows:

£ per annum
Civil staff
Year Police officers Inner Intermediate Outer
1994 1,398 1,776 1,015 736
1995 1,440 1,776 1,015 736
1996 1,491 1,776 1,015 736
1997 1,542 1,776 1,015 736
1998 1,605 1,776 1,015 736
1999 1,662 1,850 1,056 766
11,622 1828 1538
1 With effect from 1 August 1999, as part of the 1999 pay settlement, £228 of London Weighting for Civil Staff has been consolidated into basic pay.