§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the benefits and disbenefits of the Sheehy reforms. [40473]
§ Mr. MacleanThe Government's decision on police pay and conditions of service, following the inquiry into police responsibilities and rewards, was informed by detailed recommendations by the police negotiating board, whose careful consideration of each of the proposed reforms took account of their implications for the efficiency management of the police service.
Some of the immediate benefits of the Government's reforms were a more streamlined management structure, new pay structures, a rationalisation of an outdated system of allowances, new arrangements for the management of the payment of overtime and a reform of the rules governing pay while on sick leave.