§ Mrs. CaltonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a breakdown of one-off ring-fenced grants to Greater Manchester police by constituency since 1997–99, and if he will make a statement. [42842]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 19 March 2002]: Details of one-off grant payments to Greater Manchester police since 199–98 are set out in the table. These cannot be broken down by constituency.
be approved by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary in England and Wales and by my right hon. Friend the Scottish Minister in Scotland.
The package of reforms includes a new competence-related pensionable payment of £1,002 at the top of the federated ranks' pay scales. In order to get the payment, officers will have to have spent a year at the top of their respective scales and demonstrate high professional competence under each of the following broad headings:
Professional competence and results;
Commitment to the job;
Relations with the public and colleagues;
Willingness to learn and adjust to new circumstances.
A PNB Working Group will agree the final details for the scheme by 30 September 2002, so that the first payments can be made from 1 April 2003.
In the PNB agreement, it is stated that at least 75 per cent. of those eligible are expected to get the payment. There will, however, be no quota system. Any eligible officer who demonstrates the necessary competencies will get the payment.
§ Mr. PatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how the funding will be provided for the £500 to £5,000 annual payment to police officers at the sharp end;[48290]
(2) how the funding will be provided for the proposed payment of £400 to all police officers and the £1,000 payment for police officers at the top of their pay scales. [48291]
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§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 9 April 2002]: On 9 May 2002, the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) agreed a package of reforms to police pay and conditions of service. The package includes an increase of £402 on top of the basic salary for all the federated ranks from 1 April, 2003. Officers at the top of the federated ranks' pay scales will be eligible for a new competence-related payment of £1,002 a year. There will also be a new special priority payment scheme under which those at the sharp end of policing may qualify for one-off payments of normally between £500 to £3,000, exceptionally up to £5,000.
The payment depends on appropriate additional resources being provided to police.
The new pay and conditions package agreed on 9 May 2002 will provide a modernised pay structure rewarding those at the sharp end and reducing reliance on overtime. In so doing, it both underpins the rest of the police reform programme and demonstrates the Government's commitment to invest in the police service to achieve the reforms needed and to give it the support and flexibility it requires to deliver a first-class service to the public.
§ Ross CranstonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average annual increase in police pay has been in each of the last 10 years. [52997]
§ Mr. DenhamPolice pay increased by an average of 6.5 per cent. in 1992 and 1.5 per cent. in 1993. In 1994, the pay scales were restructured, and there was no uniform increase in police pay.
Since 1995, police pay has been increased every September by reference to the median percentage of the manpower index of non-manual private sector workers. In 1995 the increase was 3 per cent. in 1996, 3.5 per cent. in 1997, 3.5 per cent., in 1998. 4 per cent., in 1999, 3.6 per cent., in 2000, 3 per cent. and in 2001, 3.5 per cent.
The increase in basic pay agreed as part of a package of reforms to police pay and conditions in the Police Negotiating Board on 9 May 2002, will be on top of the pay award from September 2002.