§ Mr. William Hamilton asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the minimum and maximum pay rates for a police constable, a police sergeant, and for each higher police grade, respectively, for April of each the last three years, together with an assessment of the annual value of other allowances in each of those years; and if he will give the comparable figures for each grade of the Fire Service.
§ Mr. Whitelaw:Following is the information.
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Rank April 1979 April 1980 April 1981 Minimum £
Maximum £
Minimum £
Maximum £
Minimum £
Maximum £
Assistant and Deputy Chief Constables, Commanders and Deputy Assistant Commissioners 940 2,016 1,253 2,442 1,355 3,057 Chief Constables, Assistant and Deputy Commissioners 1,090 2,273 1,453 2,832 1,572 3,091
Officers on certain specialist duties receive additional allowances
Fire Service Basic Pay Rank April 1979 April 1980 April 1981 Minimum £
Maximum £
Minimum £
Maximum £
Minimum £
Maximum £
Fireman (aged over 18) 3,683 4,811 4,434 5,793 5,268 6,882 Leading Fireman 4,935 5,943 7,059 Sub-Officer 5,057 5,252 6,090 6,327 7,236 7,515 Station Officer 5,862 6,122 7,065 7,377 8,394 8,763 Assistant Divisional Officer 6,178 6,557 7,446 7,902 8,847 9,387 Divisional Officer III 6,618 6,892 7,977 8,307 9,477 9,870 Divisional Officer II 7,029 7,589 8,472 9,147 10,065 10,866 Divisional Officer I 7,763 8,117 9,357 9,786 11,115 11,625 Senior Divisional Officer 8,355 8,814 10,074 10,626 11,967 12,624 Assistant Chief Fire Officer Normally 75% of Chief Officer's salary Deputy Chief Fire Officer Normally 80% of Chief Officer's salary Chief Fire Officer 7,704* 13,911* 10,752* 19,803* 12,366* 22,773* * Minimum salaries recommended by National Joint Council for Chief Officers of local authorities' Fire Brigades.London weighting is paid to members of the London Fire Brigade. In April 1979, 1980 and 1981 the rates were £468, £543 and £636 a year respectively. Some other fire authorities pay fringe area allowances at varying rates which are determined locally.
Free accommodation, fuel and light are provided to residential officers working a 78-hour week and, in some cases and on a locally determined basis, to other members of brigades who make themselves available beyond the normal working week. It is not possible to assess the annual value of this provision.