Police Pay (Hansard, 16 May 2002)

§ Mr. Wray
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the shorter pay scales for the federated ranks will be. [44022]

§ Mr. Denham
On 9 May 2002, the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) reached agreement on a package of reforms to police pay and conditions of service. PNB is the statutory negotiating body for police pay and conditions of service throughout the United Kingdom.
The package includes shortening the constables' pay scale by four points, achieved by removing two points on 1 April 2003, a third on 1 April 2004 and a fourth on 1 April 2005. The pay scales for sergeants, inspectors and chief inspectors will be shortened on 1 April 2003 by removing the current bottom point.
From 1 April 2003, the pay points on all the federated ranks' scales will be increased by £402.
The shorter pay scales will mean that officers in the federated ranks will reach the top of their respective pay scales more quickly than under the current arrangements. At the top of the scales, they will be eligible for a new competence-related payment of £1,002 a year.

§ Mr. Wray
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how a police officer will be eligible for the new competence-related pay. [44023]

§ Mr. Denham
On 9 May 2002, the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) reached agreement on a package of reforms to police pay and conditions of service. PNB is the statutory negotiating body for police pay and conditions throughout the United Kingdom. PNB agreements have to