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Annex F amendment: Pay (19 February 2024) (accessible)

Published 23 April 2024

The following determination 鈥淎nnex F (Amendment) 鈥 Pay鈥 is made by the Secretary of State under regulation 24 of the Police Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/527), following consultation in accordance with regulation 46 of those Regulations. This determination was made on 19 February 2024, and amends the determination 鈥淎nnex F 鈥 Pay鈥 (鈥淎nnex F鈥). The amendment comes into force on 1 September 2023.

  1. For Annex F (Pay), substitute鈥

鈥淎nnex F Regulation 24: Pay

Table of contents

  • Part 1: Gain from promotion

  • Part 1BA: Incremental progression through the pay scale

  • Part 2: Constables鈥 pay

  • Part 3: Sergeants鈥 pay

  • Part 4: Inspectors鈥 pay

  • Part 5: Chief inspectors鈥 pay

  • Part 6: Superintendents鈥 pay

  • Part 7: Chief superintendents鈥 pay

  • Part 8: Chief officer ranks鈥 pay

  • Part 10: London weighting

  • Part 11: Part-time members

Part 1: Gain from promotion

1) When a member is promoted to a higher rank, the rate of pay payable to the member in the higher rank shall always be higher than the rate of pay the member would have received had they not been promoted and shall be set at a rate which is not less than the rate appropriate to the pay point which, in the higher rank, is immediately above the rate of pay the member would have been receiving but for their promotion.

2) For so long as the member continues to serve in the higher rank, they shall be paid at the rate identified in paragraph (1) until, in accordance with the terms of service appropriate to the member鈥檚 new rank, a higher pay point becomes applicable.

Part 1BA[footnote 1]: Incremental progression through the pay scale (valid for federated ranks, superintending ranks, assistant chief constables and commanders)

1) Save for paragraph (16), the provisions of this part come into force on 1 April 2023. Paragraph (16) comes into force on 1 April 2022.

Incremental progression

2) Subject to the other provisions of this Annex:

a) a member of a police force is to progress through the pay scale on the anniversary of their appointment or promotion;

b) incremental progression through the pay scale is dependent upon confirmation that a member meets the pay progression standard (鈥淧PS鈥);

c) a member is assessed for pay progression annually;

d) a member鈥檚 annual PPS confirmation date is to be determined on the basis of the increment date and the requirements of a police force鈥檚 assessment processes;

e) the assessment period for the purposes of the PPS, is the 12-month period preceding a member鈥檚 PPS鈥檚 confirmation date.

3) When a member is promoted prior to their PPS confirmation date, the PPS confirmation date is reset in line with the member鈥檚 new increment date, and no in-year PPS assessment is required, provided that, temporary promotions do not reset a member鈥檚 PPS confirmation date and due increment date.

4) A member can appeal against any decision concerning incremental progression through the pay scale, PPS assessment, or PPS confirmation, by making formal representations to the appropriate person, who must be independent of the original decision maker. If an appeal is upheld, progression through the pay scale is to be granted, and the higher pay is backdated to the date of the due increment.

5) A member who does not meet the PPS on their PPS confirmation date may progress through the pay scale if the PPS is met at any point before the next PPS confirmation date. Provided that, the higher pay will not be backdated to the due increment date, unless paragraph (4) applies. Police forces must have in place reasonable PPS assessment and confirmation processes for the purposes of ensuring progression through the pay scale pursuant to this paragraph.

6) A member鈥檚 due increment date and the PPS confirmation date are not reset on the basis of a pay increment pursuant to paragraphs (4) or (5).

7) Professional development reviews (鈥淧DR鈥) and training completed to meet the PPS in respect of a previous assessment period are disregarded for the purposes of the ongoing PPS assessment period.

Pay progression standard

8) Subject to the other provisions of this Annex, a member meets the PPS if the following conditions are met:

a) the member has completed an annual PDR; and

b) on the PPS confirmation date, the member is not subject to ongoing formal action within Stages 1, 2 or 3 of the Unsatisfactory Performance or Attendance Procedures under the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020; and

c) the member has successfully completed training required for the purposes of the PPS; and

d) if a member (鈥渢he managing member鈥) has direct responsibility for the completion of other members鈥 PDRs and for the confirmation of other members鈥 PPSs, that managing member must have completed the PDRs and made the PPS decisions which were due to be completed, or made, during the managing member鈥檚 own assessment period.

9) PDR means an annual performance assessment, in line with the processes in place within the member鈥檚 own force, including an appeals process.

10) Training required for the purposes of the PPS means no more than two training priorities, which the chief officer may mandate, in consideration of the local priorities of a police force, or the requirements of an individual role.

11) A member must be notified of the training requirements they are required to comply with:

a) no less than 12 months before their PPS confirmation date, or

b) within one month of promotion.

12) Paragraph 8(d) also applies in respect of members who are performing the duties normally performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than their own in accordance with Annexes I, J and UU (whether on temporary promotion or acting up), if the duties entail direct responsibility to carry out PDRs or make PPS decisions in respect of other members.

Exceptions and exemptions

13) Members who are on probation, pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 12 of the Police Regulations 2003 and Annex C are not required to meet the PPS in order to progress through the pay-scale.

14) The conditions prescribed by paragraph 8(b) do not apply to Assistant Chief Constables and Commanders.

15) Where a member fails to meet the PPS, the chief officer has discretion to permit progression through the pay scale, where the chief officer is reasonably satisfied that:

a) a member does not meet one, or more, of the PPS鈥檚 conditions as a consequence of:

i) sickness, or non-sickness, related absence, and the timing and duration of the absence are sufficient to prevent an officer from meeting the PPS; or

ii) maternity, adoption, or parental leave pursuant to Regulation 33(8) of the Police Regulations 2003 and Annexes R and S; or

b) a member does not meet the PPS due to ongoing Unsatisfactory Performance or Attendance Procedures, and:

i) that member can be reasonably considered to have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010, and the unsatisfactory performance, or non-attendance, subject of ongoing procedures, is motivated by reasons linked with the member鈥檚 disability; or

ii) the member only starts to be subject to Unsatisfactory Performance or Attendance Procedures in the period of six weeks immediately prior to the PPS鈥檚 confirmation date, and those six weeks are not representative of the preceding 12 months鈥 performance by the member; or

c) other circumstances have prevented a member from meeting one, or more, of the PPS鈥檚 conditions, and preventing the member from progressing through the pay scale would be manifestly unfair in light of those circumstances.

Transitory provision

16) Police forces must take reasonable steps to have in place PPS assessment and confirmation processes for the purposes of ensuring that on or after 1 April 2023 progression through the pay scale takes place in accordance with the provisions of this part.

Part 2: Constables鈥 pay

1) For those who joined on or after 1 April 2013

Pay point With effect from 1 September 2023
1 拢28,551 (a)
2 拢29,751
3 拢30,957
4 拢32,163
5 拢34,575
6 拢39,432
7 拢46,044

Notes:

(a) With effect from 1 September 2023, pay point 0 is removed. All constables on pay point 0 at that date are moved to pay point 1 (with a new increment date of 1 September). Constables on pay points 1 or above at that date are not affected. Members appointed on or after 1 September 2023 join at pay point 1 and move up to the next pay point annually in accordance with the provisions set out in Part 1BA .

2) For those in service before 1 April 2013

Pay point With effect from 1 September 2023
0 拢30,069
1 拢33,324 (a)
2 拢35,133 (b)
3 拢37,158
4 拢38,265
5 拢39,432
6 拢42,720
7 拢46,044

Notes:

(a) On completion of initial training, members will move to pay point 1.

(b) All members move to this salary point on completion of two years鈥 service as a constable.

Part 3: Sergeants鈥 pay

Pay point With effect from 1 September 2023
2 拢49,077
3 拢50,079
4 拢51,498

Note:

On 1 September 2020, pay point 1 was removed. All sergeants on pay point 1 at that date were moved to pay point 2 (with a new increment date of 1 September). Sergeants on pay points 2, 3 or 4 at that date were not affected. Members appointed to the rank on or after 1 September 2020 join at pay point 2 and move up to the next pay point annually depending on the date of becoming a sergeant in accordance with the provisions set out in Part 1BA.

Part 4: Inspectors鈥 pay

1) Members in the Metropolitan Police Service or City of London Police:

Pay point With effect from 1 September 2023
0 拢60,891
1 拢62,487
2 拢64,089
3 拢65,688

2) Members in other police forces:

Pay point With effect from 1 September 2023
0 拢58,422
1 拢60,015
2 拢61,602
3 拢63,198

Part 5: Chief inspectors鈥 pay

1) Members in the Metropolitan Police Service or City of London Police (subject to paragraph 3)

Pay point With effect from 1 September 2023
1 拢66,936 (a)
2 拢68,187
3 拢69,498

Note:

(a) Entry point for a member appointed to the rank, unless the chief officer of police assigns the member to the higher point.

2) Members in other police forces (subject to paragraph 4):

Pay point With effect from 1 September 2023
1 拢64,449 (a)
2 拢65,703
3 拢67,017

Note:

(a) Entry point for a member appointed to the rank, unless the chief officer of police assigns the member to the higher point.

3) Members in the Metropolitan Police Service or City of London Police in post at 31 August 1994

With effect from 1 September 2023
拢70,548

4) Members in other police forces in post at 31 August 1994

With effect from 1 September 2023
拢68,082

Part 6: Superintendents鈥 pay

Pay point With effect from 1 September 2023
1 拢77,121
2 拢81,036
3 拢85,164
4 拢90,717

Part 7: Chief superintendents鈥 pay

Pay point With effect from 1 September 2023
1 拢95,094
2 拢98,238
3 拢103,242 (a)

Note:

(a) With effect from 1 September 2024, pay point 3 increases to 拢106,079. This increase will apply before the application of any pay award, where such an award is to be made.

Part 8: Chief officer ranks鈥 pay

1) Chief Constables鈥 and Deputy Chief Constables鈥 Pay

Force Weighting Force(s) Chief Constable: with effect from 1 September 2023 (a) Deputy Chief Constable: with effect from 1 September 2023
10.0 West Midlands
Greater Manchester
拢220,713 拢169,698
8.0 West Yorkshire 拢206,139 拢165,318
6.5 Thames Valley 拢195,207 拢161,403
6.0 Merseyside
Northumbria
拢191,553 拢158,394
5.5 Hampshire 拢187,908 拢155,385
5.0 Kent
Lancashire
Devon & Cornwall
拢184,272 拢152,373
4.5 South Yorkshire
Essex
Avon & Somerset
Sussex
South Wales
拢180,630 拢149,376
3.5 Nottinghamshire 拢173,340 拢143,361
3.0 Hertfordshire
West Mercia
Cheshire
Humberside
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire
拢169,698 拢140,349
2.5 Surrey
Norfolk
拢166,047 拢137,346
2.0 Cleveland
Durham
Cambridgeshire
North Wales
North Yorkshire
Gwent
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Wiltshire
Bedfordshire
拢162,441 拢134,340
1.5 Gloucestershire
Lincolnshire
Cumbria
Warwickshire
Dyfed-Powys
拢158,757 拢133,248

Note:

(a) A Police and Crime Commissioner may, on appointing a Chief Constable, set the Chief Constable鈥檚 salary at a rate up to ten per cent above or below the rate for the post as set out in the table above.

2) Commissioners鈥, Deputy Commissioners鈥, Assistant Commissioners鈥 and Deputy Assistant Commissioners鈥 Pay (with effect from 1 September 2023)

Force Commissioner Deputy Commissioner Assistant Commissioner Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Metropolitan 拢315,480 拢260,805 拢220,713 拢169,698
City of London 拢195,942 拢161,973

3) Assistant Chief Constables鈥 and Commanders鈥 Pay

Pay Point With effect from 1 September 2023
1 拢115,026
2 拢122,307
3 拢129,600

Part 10[footnote 2]: London weighting

(with effect from 1 september 2022)

1) The annual pay of a member of the City of London or Metropolitan police force shall be increased by 拢2,886, but any allowance under the Police Regulations 2003 calculated by reference to a member鈥檚 pay shall be calculated as if this Part had not been made.

2) The hourly rate of pay payable to a part-time member of the City of London or Metropolitan police force shall be increased by a sum obtained by multiplying by 6/12520 the sum of 拢2,886.

Part 11: Part-time members

1) The hourly rate of pay of a part-time member shall be calculated by multiplying by 6/12520 the appropriate annual rate of pay. Without prejudice to the provisions of Annex G (Overtime) and Annex H (Public Holidays and Rest Days), a part-time member up to and including the rank of Chief Superintendent shall be paid at the hourly rate in respect of each hour of duty, up to a maximum of 40 hours per week.

2) A part-time member鈥檚 pay for days of annual leave shall be 8 times the rate of pay as in paragraph (1) above, reduced in proportion that the number of determined hours bears to 40 times the number of weeks in the relevant period.

3) In this Part, 鈥渄etermined hours鈥 and 鈥渞elevant period鈥 have the meaning given in paragraph 6(b) of the Secretary of State鈥檚 determination of the normal periods of duty of a member of a police force under regulation 22 (Annex E).鈥.

  1. There were previously a Part 1A and a Part 1B, but they have been deleted. To ensure cross-references in other documents remain correct, however, this Part has not been renumbered.听

  2. There was previously a Part 9 and Part 9A, but they have been deleted. To ensure cross-references in other documents remain correct, however, this Part and subsequent Parts have not been renumbered.听