Minutes

Minutes of the Remuneration Sub Committee of the Metropolitan Police Authority held on 9 April 2002 at Romney House, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EY.

Present

Members

• Rachel Whittaker (Chair)
• Cecile Lothian (Deputy Chair)
• Toby Harris

MPA Officers

• Catherine Crawford (Clerk)
• Alan Johnson, (Head of Human Resources)
• Graham Spencer (Human Resources)
• Simon Vile (Head of Secretariat)

MPS Officers

• Assistant Commissioner Bernard Hogan Howe, Martin Tiplady (Director of Human Resources)
• Mike Shurety (Director of HR Services)
• Ian Wardrop (Assistant Director of Personnel)

An apology for absence was received from Tony Arbour.

Part 1

21. Minutes

(agenda item 1)

Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 15 January 2002 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

Matters arising from the minutes: with regard to minute 14 (ACPO appointments) the Clerk reported that some points of detail had been raised by the MPS on the draft appointment letter and schedule and it was now intended to reissue an amended schedule to the appointees. The Chair suggested that it might be helpful to copy the schedule to current ACPO officers.

22. ACPO appointments timetable

(Agenda item 2)

The Sub-Committee considered a report by the Commissioner setting out how quarterly meetings of the Sub-Committee could coincide with key milestones in the ACPO recruitment calendar. An appendix to the report showing the selection process adopted for the recruitment of the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester was tabled.

AC Hogan-Howe commented that the Commissioner would like to discuss with the Chair and the Clerk the new appointments process.

Under the timetable, the Sub-Committee’s present meeting was meant to review the number of ACPO posts. As this had not happened it was agreed that this should be dealt with by the Human Resources Committee.

Members recognised that the Authority’s ACPO selection process was in need of review and improvement. It was agreed that a working group of Sub-Committee members and MPS representatives should review the process, for report to the May Co-ordination and Urgency Committee or the July meeting of the Sub-Committee, depending on the urgency. The Clerk was asked to draw up some terms of reference for the working group.

Resolved – 

1. That the report be noted;
2. That there should be a standing item on the sub-committee’s agenda looking forward to what fixed term appointments were coming up for review, with a schedule showing the expiry date of every fixed term appointment;
3. That a working group be established as set out above to review the ACPO recruitment process; and
4. That clarification be sought on whether the recruitment costs fall to the MPA or the MPS.

23. Deputy Assistant Commissioner and Commander posts in the MPS

(Agenda item 3)

The Sub-Committee considered a report setting out the ratrionale why some posts were appointed at DAC level and some at Commander level.

Resolved – That the report be noted

24. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 4)

Resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during discussion of the following items because exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 is likely to be made known.

25. Senior civil staff pay

(Agenda item 5)

The Sub-Committee considered a report and agreed some amendments to some senior civil staff posts and their pay groups.

26. Remuneration of the Clerk and Treasurer of the MPA

(Agenda item 6)

The Sub-Committee considered a report and agreed pay arrangements for the 2000/01 reporting period and future years.

The meeting ended at 5.20 p.m.

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