§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what percentage police pay, pensions and allowances have been raised higher or lower than the rate of inflation for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested in respect of pay is set out in the table and shows the minimum and maximum of the salary scales of a police constable. Equivalent figures for the various allowances to which police officers are also entitled can be obtained only at a disproportionate cost. Police pensions are uprated annually in line with movements in the retail prices index and have thus kept pace with inflation over this period.
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Minimum Maximum 1979 Salaries 4.086 6.471 Percentage change (13.0) (18.6) 1980 Salaries 4.956 7.848 Percentage change (2.8) (2.8) 1981 Salaries 5.610 8.883 Percentage change (1.2) (1.2) 1982 Salaries 6.189 9.798 Percentage change (1.6) (1.6) 1983 Salaries 6.708 10.620 Percentage change (3.6) (3.6) 1984 Salaries 6.708 11.193 Percentage change (-4.7) (0.4) 1985 Salaries 7.752 12.936 Percentage change (1.3) (1.0) 1986 Salaries 7.752 12.936 Percentage change (1.1) (5.7) 1987 Salaries 8.352 13.938
Minimum Maximum Percentage change (3.4) (3.4) 1988 Salaries 8.352 15.125 Percentage change (-4.7) (3.4) 1989 Salaries 9.900 16.521 Percentage change (10.0) (1.4) 1990 Salaries 10.886 18.132 Percentage change (1.0) (1.0) Notes:
Salaries are based on 1 September for each year.
Figures in brackets show yearly percentage change in real terms.