§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is (a) the basic salary, (b) average earnings, (c) the value of fringe benefits, and (d) average overtime for each rank in the Metropolitan Police Force in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Hurd[pursuant to his reply, 18 June 1984, c. 4–5]: The available information is as follows: 87W
Rank 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Min. £ Max. £ Min. £ Max. £ Min. £ Max. £ Min. £ Max. £ Min. £ Max. £ Assistant Commissioner 22,491 — 25,326 — 27,351 — 30,204 — 32,676 — Deputy Commissioner 24,693 — 27,804 — 30,021 — 33,150 — 35,865 — Commissioner 28,500 — 31,000 — 33,170 — 37,750 — 42,750 — * Includes London weighting except in the case of the Commissioner. Rates in payment on 31 March were: 1980—£501 per annum; 1981—£588 per annum; 1982—£657 per annum; 1983—£762 per annum; 1984 —£801 per annum.
TABLE B Metropolitan Police: average earnings* by rank (excluding recruits under training); 1979–80 to 1983–84 Rank 1979–80 £ 1980–81 £ 1981–82 £ 1982–83 £ 1983–84 £ Constable 7,911 9,097 10,597 11,406 12,425 Sergeant 9,929 11,336 13,265 14,356 15,701 Inspector 10,629 12,750 14,799 16,104 17,564 Chief Inspector 11,604 13,918 15,928 17,347 19,047 Superintendent 11,886 15,410 17,696 19,655 21,248 Chief Superintendent 12,767 16,485 18,946 21,036 22,837 Commander 13,950 18,053 20,671 22,914 24,836 Deputy Assistant Commissioner 16,685 20,757 22,798 25,396 27,258 Assistant Commissioner 21,906 25,333 28,240 30,506 33,427 Deputy Commissioner 23,944 27,535 29,615 33,103 35,988 Commissioner 27,341 31,220 33,404 35,116 40,409 * Includes (where applicable) overtime, London weighting and all allowances except rent allowance and the associated compensatory grant shown in table E.
TABLE C Metropolitan Police: fringe benefits 1. A Metropolitan police officer, in common with officers of other police forces governed by the provisions of The Police Regulations 1979 (S.I. 1979 No. 1470), is reimbursed any charges he incurs under section 77, 78 or 79 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (which relate to charges for certain drugs, medicines and appliances and for dental treatment). 2. A Metropolitan police officer is entitled to free travel at all times on London Transport trains and red buses. 3. Uniformed police officers receive tokens towards the cost of cleaning their uniforms. The average value of these to each uniformed officer was £6.21 in 1979–80; £7.33 in 1980–81; £8.72 in 1981–82; £9.41 in 1982–83; and £9.99 in 1983–84.
Table D—Metropolitan Police: average overtime earnings by rank*; 1979–80 to 1983–84 Rank 1979–80 £ 1980–81 £ 1981–82 £ 1982–83 £ 1983–84 £ Constable 1,368 1,223 1,693 1,577 1,781 Sergeant 2,121 1,915 2,478 2,404 2,805 Inspector 2,324 1,860 2,265 2,204 2,548 Chief Inspector 2,540 2,004 2,153 2,132 2,510 * Officers of the rank of Superintendent and above are not eligible for overtime payments. 88W
Table E—Metropolitan Police: average rent allowance and compensatory grant*, by rank (excluding recruits under training); 1979–80 to 1983–84 Rank 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 £ Percentage £ Percentage £ Percentage £ Percentage £ Percentage Constable 1,481 (64) 1,500 (64) 1,833 (65) 1,908 (67) 2,210 (70) Sergeant 1,699 (88) 1,765 (88) 2,182 (89) 2,311 (90) 2,658 (91) Inspector 1,737 (95) 1,935 (95) 2,383 (95) 2,593 (96) 3,007 (96) Chief Inspector 1,918 (96) 2,050 (97) 2,474 (96) 2,805 (96) 3,235 (96) Superintendent 2,021 (95) 2,255 (96) 2,846 (97) 3,221 (97) 3,772 (94) Chief Superintendent 2,112 (91) 2,396 (91) 3,052 (92) 3,455 (95) 4,027 (97) Commander 2,353 (97) 2,679 (99) 3,436 (98) 3,976 (96) 4,694 (90) Deputy Assistant Commissioner 2,518 (92) 2,723 (97) 3,623 (89) 4,043 (88) 5,022 (87) Assistant Commissioner 3,315 (100) 3,408 (100) 4,261 (100) 4,965 (100) 6,038 (100) Deputy Commissioner 4,301 (100) 4,710 (100) 6,217 (100) 6,394 (100) — — Commissioner — — — — — — — — — — * Figures in parenthesis denote the percentage of officers in each rank in receipt of payment. Officers not in receipt of rent allowance etc. are usually housed in Metropolitan Police accommodation.