Minutes

Minutes of the Remuneration Sub Committee of the Metropolitan Police Authority held on 27 February 2003 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Rachel Whittaker (Chair)
• Cecile Wright (Deputy Chair)
• Anthony Arbour
• Richard Barnes

MPA Officers

• Catherine Crawford (Clerk)
• Peter Tickner (Director of Internal Audit)
• Alan Johnson, (Head of Human Resources)
• Graham Spencer (Human Resources)
• Simon Vile (Head of Secretariat)

MPS Officers

• Martin Tiplady (Director of Human Resources)

Part 1

12. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

An apology for absence was received from Toby Harris.

13. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No interests declared.

14. Minutes

(Agenda item 3)

Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 17 October 2002 be confirmed and signed as a correct record, subject to the resolution in item 7 relating to intellectual property rights being amended to read ‘MPA’ rather than ‘MPS’.

Matters arising

The MPS were asked to circulate a note to members of the Sub-Committee to update them on:

• Progress in respect of correcting the age limit anomaly for MPS officers
• What information has been sent to the Senior Appointments Panel in respect of Superintendents and what use the SAP has made of this.

15. Intellectual property rights

(Agenda item 4)

It was reported at the meeting that no response had as yet been received from the Chief Police Officers Staff Association.

Resolved – That the report be noted and the proposed paragraph be included in any new letters.

16. ACPO terms and conditions

(Agenda item 5)

The Sub-Committee considered proposed terms and conditions. With regard to the appendix setting out the conditions of employment, it was agreed:

• That the wording of paragraph 7 (in relation to provision of cars) needed tightening up
• That paragraph 15 should specifically include reference to intellectual property rights
• That a confidentiality clause should be included, to cover a period of, say, six to 12 months after employment by the MPS

Resolved –

1. To note the proposal for a review of the arrangements for the remuneration, emolument and allowances for ACPO rank officers to be undertaken by Internal Audit; and
2. That amendments be made to the ‘statement of particulars in fixed term appointment’ as set out above.

17. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 6)

Resolved – That the press and public be asked to leave the meeting during discussion of the remaining items of business because exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 is likely to be made known.

18. Oral update

(Agenda items 7)

The Chair and the Clerk reported on the process for advertising for two Deputy Assistant Commissioner posts.

19. Civil staff redundancy

(Agenda item 8)

The Sub-Committee considered a report by the Commissioner in relation to an organisational re-alignment. It was

Resolved – That the decision to make the senior post referred to in the exempt report redundant with effect from 31 December 2002 be endorsed.

20. Taxation on ACPO car benefits and development of a car policy

(Agenda item 9)

The Sub-Committee considered a report by the Clerk that included an initial scoping study by Internal Audit in relation to taxation on ACPO car benefits. The Sub-Committee also discussed some issues to be addressed in an MPS review of ACPO car policy.

Resolved – That

1. the terms of reference for Internal Audit’s continuing review be approved; and
2. the review of the ACPO car policy be reported to the Sub-Committee as soon as possible.

21. Senior civil staff pay

(Agenda item 10)

The Sub-Committee considered a report by the Commissioner and it was

Resolved – That

1. increases be made to the minimum and maximum points of the various pay ranges by 2.5%;
2. pay awards be agreed for the senior civil staff in line with the range of increases set out in paragraph 7 of the exempt report;
3. the contracts of employment be re-negotiated to reflect the issues raised in paragraphs 12 to 14 of the exempt report;
4. the proposed timetable for the 2002/03 review be noted and the MPS requested to ensure that SMART objectives are developed for future reviews; and
5. the position on differentials between senior MPS and MPA posts be noted.

The meeting ended at 3 p.m.

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