§ Mrs. Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on revising the standing orders covering the administration of the prison service and prisoners' rules; what changes are being made; when they will be published; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Mayhew:The revision of the Prison Department standing order on prisoners' correspondence, visits and petitions is complete. The new order has been issued to staff and a copy is in the Library of the House. It will be published and an announcement of the changes will be made when it comes into force on 1 December 1981.
Police Service Basic Pay
Rank April 1979 April 1980 April 1981 Minimum —
Maximum —
Minimum —
Maximum —
Minimum —
Maximum —
Constable 3,189 4,809 4,086 6,471 4,956 7,848 Sergeant 4,683 5,406 6,186 7,095 7,503 8,607 Inspector 5,406 6,489 7,095 8,445 8,607 10,242 Chief Inspector 6,198 7,260 8,058 9,348 9,774 11,340 Superintendent 8, 436 9,333 11,124 12,156 13,494 14,745 Chief Superintendent 9,426 10,326 12,258 13,365 14,868 16,212 Assistant Chief Constable 10,478 11,077 14,188 — 17,001 — Deputy Chief Constable 11,004 13,604 15,072 18,615 17,502 20,943 Chief Constable 13,603 17,455 18,840 23,268 21,195 26,175 Senior officers in Metropolitan Police Commander 10,733 10,949 14,442 — 17,289 — Deputy Assistant Commissioner 12,642 13,196 17,592 — 19,791 — Assistant Commissioner 16,336 — 21,990 — 24,738 — Deputy Commissioner 17,984 — 24,192 — 27,216 — In addition, all members of the Metropolitan and City of London Police are paid London weighting and London allowance at the following rates:
April 1979[...] £ April 1980[...] £ April 1981[...] £ London weighting 351 501 588 London allowance 325 738 894 Officers who are not provided with free accommodation are paid a rent allowance within the limits approved for each force. The highest and lowest annual limits are as follows:
176W Revision of the remaining standing orders, which is a very considerable task, has begun and they will be published as and when they are complete.
Rank April 1979 April 1980 April 1981 Minimum £.
Maximum £.
Minimum £.
Maximum £.
Minimum £.
Maximum £.
Below Superintendent 689 1,503 931 1,814 1,007 2,272 Superintendents and Chief Superintendents 810 1,738 1,080 2,105 1,168 2,635