HL Deb 21 June 1990 vol 520 cc1162-3WA
Lord Lyell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will make further changes to the regulations on police rent allowances in the light of the representations which they have received.

The Minister of State, Home Office (Earl Ferrers)

My right honourable friend has already announced substantial amendments to the original draft regulations which will be of significant benefit to officers who were serving on 31st March 1990. In the course, however, of implementing the new arrangements, the need has been identified for further changes, which will be made as soon as possible after consultation with the Police Negotiating Board. They are as follows:

  1. (i) provision for transitional rent allowance for officers serving on 31st March 1990 to include any compensatory grant which would have been due to them in 1990–91 on tax paid in previous years;
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  2. (ii) provision for police officers serving on 31st March 1990 whose wives, if also police officers, go on unpaid maternity leave, to move from flat rate to maximum transitional rent allowance; and
  3. (iii) provision for police officer wives living in police houses or quarters on 31st March 1990 who go on unpaid maternity leave to recover their entitlement to provided accommodation allowance from the date on which they return from that leave.