Police Remuneration Review Body

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The Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) is a United Kingdom Review Body that makes independent recommendations on pay and terms and conditions of employment of the police in England and Wales to the Government. It is funded by the Home Office, and the Office of Manpower Economics provides the Board with an independent Secretariat. It replaced the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) on 1 October 2014, which remained active in Scotland.

Anita Bharucha was appointed as Chair of the body for a three-year term in December 2018 by Theresa May.[1]

Recommendations and Government response[]

The below table summarises the PRRB's recommendation and the Government response. The response takes effect from 1 September in the same year of the review.

Report Recommendation Government response
1st (2015) A 1% increase to all pay points, as well as London Weighting and Dog Handlers' Allowance. Accepted.
The London inspecting lead should be retained. Accepted.
2nd (2016) A 1% increase to all pay points, as well as London Weighting and Dog Handlers' Allowance. Accepted.
The maxima for South East Allowances to be increased to £2,000 and £3,000 respectively. Accepted.
Motor Vehicle Allowances mileage rates for federated and superintending ranks should be the prevailing HMRC rates for essential and casual users. The current structure and values for the essential users’ lump sums should remain. Accepted.
3rd (2017) A 2% increase to all pay points, as well as London Weighting and Dog Handlers' Allowance. Increased by 1%, but provided a 1% non-consolidated pay award for 2017/18 only.
The introduction of appropriate, targeted arrangements in 2017/18 to allow local flexibility for chief officers to make additional payments to police officers in hard-to-fill roles and in superintending ranks until September 2020. The Home Secretary welcomed this recommendation.
The Home Office, National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and College of Policing (CoP) should publish an integrated police workforce and pay reform plan through to 2020. The Home Secretary looked to the CoP and the NPCC to take forward this work.
4th (2018) The 1% non-consolidated pay award from 2017/18 should be consolidated onto all pay. Rejected.
A 2% increase to all pay points, as well as London Weighting and Dog Handlers' Allowance. Accepted.
Police forces to appoint apprentice constables on a starting salary of between £18,000 and pay point 1. Accepted.
Following twelve months, and subject to satisfactory completion of Year 1 of their apprenticeship, apprentice constables to move to the next pay point on the existing police constable pay scale. Accepted.
5th (2019) A one-year pay award for all police officers in 2019/20. Accepted.
A 2.5% increase to all pay points, as well as London Weighting and Dog Handlers' Allowance. Accepted.
No change to apprentice progression, namely that following twelve months, and subject to satisfactory completion of Year 1 of their apprenticeship, apprentice constables should move to the next pay point on the existing police constable pay scale. Accepted.
An increase in the On-call Allowance from £15 to £20. Accepted.
6th (2020) A 2.5% increase to all pay points, as well as London Weighting and Dog Handlers' Allowance. Accepted.
The removal of the lowest point of the sergeants’ pay scale. Accepted.
The maximum rate of London Allowance should increase by £1,000 to £5,338 a year for officers appointed on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving Replacement Allowance. Accepted.
7th (2021) The minimum rates for Police Constable Degree Apprentice starting pay and pay point 0 of the constable scale are uplifted by £250, and that all officers with a basic salary above these minima but below £24,000 (on a full‑time equivalent basis) should receive a consolidated pay award of £250. Accepted.

References[]

  1. ^ "Anita Bharucha appointed chair of police and national crime agency pay review bodies". Eastern Eye. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020.

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