Human Resources
Sir Clive Booth's review of police officer pay arrangements
The government asked Sir Clive Booth to undertake a review of the arrangements for police officer pay. This was divided into two parts. Part one of his review considered the options for determining changes to police officer pay for 2007. In part two of his review, Sir Clive was asked to review the effectiveness of the police pay machinery.
Background
On 16 November 2006, Home Office Minister Tony McNulty announced in a written ministerial statement that he had established a review of police pay arrangements and asked Sir Clive Booth to undertake this review in two stages.
Sir Clive has undertaken a wide-ranging consultation with interested parties including the Police Federation, the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Association of Police Authorities, the Superintendents’ Association, the Chief Police Officers’ Staff Association, Unison and others.
Part One
Part one of the review focused on the arrangements for determining police officer pay for 2007. 'Fair Pay for Police Officers' was published on 21 February 2007 by Tony McNulty in a further written ministerial statement.
Read part one of Sir Clive's review.
Part Two
Part two of Sir Clive's review focuses on the police pay machinery and 'Determining Pay in the Police Service'. It was published by the Home Secretary on 6 December 2007 in a written ministerial statement.
In his report on part two of his review Sir Clive Booth recommends that:
- a pay review body for police officers should be created
- the pay of police officers and police staff should continue to be determined by separate mechanisms
- the existing Police Staff Council machinery should be retained for the time being
- that chief officers are covered by the proposed pay review body for police officers, but if that is not created chief officers should become one of the groups covered by the Senior Salaries Review Body.
The government welcomes Sir Clive's report and accepts that a pay review body for police officers, including chief officers, should be created. They also accept that the pay of police officers and police staff should continue to be determined separately and that the Police Staff Council should be retained.
In due course, unified officer and staff pay machinery may be considered, in particular as police workforce developments are progressed, but we do not think that this is a practical proposition for the time being.
In the near future, the government will consult on proposals for implementing the necessary changes to the police pay machinery.
