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Independent Review of Police Officer and Staff Remuneration and Conditions Final Report – Volume 1 March 2012 Cm 8325-I £91.00 Two Volumes not to be sold seperately Independent Review of Police Officer and Staff Remuneration and Conditions Final Report – Volume 1 Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty March 2012 Cm 8325-I £91.00 Two Volumes not to be sold seperately © Crown copyright 2012 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or e-mail: [email protected]. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. 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Independent Review of Police Officer and Staff Remuneration and Conditions The review was commissioned on 1 October 2010 by instrument of appointment given by the Home Secretary, containing the Terms of Reference specified in Appendix 14 The reviewer is– Thomas P Winsor The advisers to the review are– Sir Edward Crew QPM DL Chief Constable for the West Midlands, 1996 – 2002 Professor Richard Disney Professor of Labour Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Independent Review of Police Officer and Staff Remuneration and Conditions To: The Right Honourable Theresa May MP Secretary of State for the Home Department Dear Home Secretary I was appointed by you on 1 October 2010 to review the remuneration and conditions of service of police officers and staff in England and Wales, and to make recommendations which will enable the police service to manage its resources to serve the public more cost effectively, taking account of the current state of the public finances. In particular, I was directed to make recommendations as to: •• the use of remuneration and conditions of service to maximise officer and staff deployment to frontline roles where their powers and skills are required; •• the establishment of remuneration and conditions of service which are fair to and reasonable for both the taxpayer and police officers and staff; and •• the means of facilitating the introduction and use of modern management practices in the police in line with practices elsewhere in the public sector and the wider economy. Your terms of reference directed me to cost my recommendations in sufficient detail to enable effective implementation. As directed, my review has been produced in two parts. The first, on reforms that may be implemented in the short term, was published on 8 March 2011. I have pleasure in submitting to you my second report on reforms that may be implemented in the longer-term. Yours faithfully, Tom Winsor (sgd.) THOMAS P WINSOR March 2012 Contents Volume 1 Acknowledgements 9 Foreword and principles 11 Summary 15 Glossary of abbreviations 27 Chapter 1 Future challenges 43 1.1 Future crime trends 44 1.2 Political 48 1.3 Economies 49 1.4 Social 52 Chapter 2 Employment framework 57 Chapter 3 Entry routes for police officers 69 3.0 Introduction 69 3.1 Entry Standards 70 3.2 Recruiting Leaders 102 Chapter 4 Promotion for officers 197 Chapter 5 Health and fitness 211 5.1 Fitness testing 211 5.2 Restricted and recuperative duty 242 5.3 Police Officer Pensions 263 5.4 Ill-health retirement 278 Chapter 6 Managing the officer workforce 291 6.1 Workforce planning 292 6.2 Chief Constables’ severance 319 Volume 2 Chapter 7 Basic pay X-factor and regional pay 325 7.1 Basic pay for Federated officers 325 7.2 Basic pay for superintendent, ACC and DCC ranks 377 7.3 Basic pay for Chief Constables 399 7.4 Basic pay for staff 411 7.5 X-factor for officers and staff 423 7.6 Regional pay 446 Chapter 8 Contribution-related pay 483 8.1 Contribution-related pay 484 8.2 Appraising performance 502 8.3 Federated officers 513 8.4 Superintending, ACC and DCC ranks 518 8.5 Chief Constable rank 521 8.6 Police staff 525 Chapter 9 Role and Skill-based Pay 531 9.1 Role and Skill-based Pay 531 9.2 Overtime 560 9.3 Unsocial hours 572 9.4 On-call Allowance 581 Chapter 10 Negotiating Machinery 585 10.1 Officer Pay 585 10.2 Staff Pay 607 10.3 Police Advisory Board Issues 613 Chapter 11 Conclusions 617 11.1 Overall 617 11.2 Total costs and savings 617 11.3 Effect on the individual 618 11.4 Next steps 630 Appendices: Appendix 1 – List of recommendations 631 Appendix 2 – Phased introduction 641 Appendix 3 – The Determination of the Pay of Police Officers and Staff: Economic Analysis of the Issue for Part 2 of the Review 645 Appendix 4 – Literature Review: Performance Related Pay(PRP) and the Police – Summary of Key Findings 705 Appendix 5 – Description of police pensions arrangements 715 Appendix 6 – Description of job evaluation 723 Appendix 7 – Examples of examination questions for entry as a police officer in 1930, 1946 and 1959 727 Appendix 8 – Methodology 733 Appendix 9 – List of Submissions Received 739 Appendix 10 – List of oral evidence sessions 741 Appendix 11 – Bibliography 749 Appendix 12 – List of figures and tables 765 Appendix 13 – Policy Equality Statement 771 Appendix 14 – Terms of reference 779 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements This review has been demanding and stimulating in equal measures. When I accepted the invitation of the Home Secretary to carry it out, I did not appreciate the complexity and difficulty of some of the issues which would face me, or the magnitude of the task. I have no regrets about accepting that invitation, but I wish to record my great appreciation of those who have helped me in this work. My greatest obligation is to my adviser Sir Edward Crew, whose almost forty years’ experience in policing, and whose wisdom and judgment developed over that time in relation to this critical public service, have been placed most generously and fully at my disposal. I am certain that the task on which I embarked in October 2010 would have been immeasurably more difficult and arduous, and the nature and quality of my recommendations considerably less soundly based, without the enlightened counsel which Sir Edward has given. I also have a considerable sense of obligation to Professor Richard Disney for his outstanding work on the labour market dimension of the report, including his work for Part 2 on basic and local pay in particular. This has proved of immense assistance in understanding the conditions and dynamics of pay in policing and developing proposals which, if accepted, should last for many years to come. I wish to record also my obligation to the Secretary to the review, Mr Paul Wylie of the Home Office, without whose industry and conspicuous ability it would have been impossible for me to have issued this report. My great thanks also go to the Deputy Secretary to the review, Ms Elizabeth Allen, the review secretariat Dr Elizabeth Wright, Mr Joseph Barker, Mr Cameron Styles, Miss Joanna Keefe, Mr Jonathan Tecwyn, Miss Daniella Oliviero, Dr Hiroko Plant and Miss Carolyn Armstrong, all of the Home Office, Miss Elena Collins of the NPIA, and Miss Lucy Smith of White & Case LLP. Miss Nilima Shah and Ms Kate Bradley, also of White & Case LLP, provided considerable help in the preparation of the report for the press. I am also immensely grateful to Mr Michael Williams of KPMG, who was seconded to the review for three months in 2011, and to the partners of KPMG for their generosity in releasing him for so long. I should also place on record my appreciation of the allowances and latitudes afforded to me by my partners at White & Case LLP in relation to the considerable amount of time which this work has taken. Finally, I wish to thank all of the people and organisations who contributed to the work of the review through their written and oral representations, and the police officers and members of police staff who gave so generously of their time during my visits to police forces in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. I found these visits, and the opportunity to spend so much time speaking to police officers and police staff, of very considerable assistance in understanding policing and in formulating my recommendations. 9 Foreword and principles Foreword and principles 1. This is the final report of my inquiry into the pay and conditions of service of police officers and members of police staff in England and Wales. It was commissioned by the Home Secretary in October 2010. My interim report, containing recommendations for reforms in the short-term, was published on 8 March 2011. This report is concerned with the longer term. 2. The maintenance of peace, order and security is one of the oldest functions of civil society. The prevention of crime and the successful, timely and efficient apprehension and conviction of criminals, their humane treatment and effective rehabilitation, are amongst the highest obligations of the state, in discharge of its duty to protect citizens and their property.