On 1 October 2010 the Home Secretary appointed Tom Winsor "to lead the most comprehensive review of police officer and staff pay and conditions in over 30 years, to improve service for the public and maximise value for money." (Home Office).
The review will report in two parts, covering short-term and long-term improvements.
The first report, published on 8 March 2011, covered:
- the deployment of officers and staff (including shift allowances, overtime and assisting other police forces)
- post and performance related pay (including special priority payments, competence related threshold payments for constables and bonuses at all ranks)
- how officers leave the police service
A second report will be published in January 2012, and will cover:
- how officers enter the police service
- how pay progression up the pay scales could be made fairer to officers, staff and the taxpayer, and whether the typical service length should be made more flexible
- how officer and staff pay and conditions of service are decided (including the structures of the Police Negotiating Board and the police staff council)
Keep up to date on the APA's contribution to the policing pay review below:
30th September 2011
The APA has submitted it's views to inform the second part of Tom Winsor's review into police officer and staff pay and conditions. Read our response here.
16th June 2011
Tom Winsor (the Independent reviewer of Police Officers' and staff pay and conditions) has published a document outlining the scope of the second stage of his report. Read it here.
8th March 2011
The letter sent by Tom Winsor to all police and staff explaining his review is here.
2nd February 2011
The APA has clarified the analysis of 'fairness' in their submission to the Winsor review, here.
1 November 2010
The APA have submitted their views to Tom Winsor to inform part 1 of his review. it can be found here.