Minutes

Minutes of the Remuneration Sub-committee of the Metropolitan Police Authority held on 17 October 2003 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Rachel Whittaker (Chair)
• Cecile Wright
• Richard Barnes

MPA Officers

• Catherine Crawford (Clerk)
• Alan Johnson (Head of HR and Professional Standards)
• Graham Spencer (HR)
• Simon Vile (Head of Secretariat)

MPS Officers

• Bernard Hogan Howe (Assistant Commissioner)
• Martin Tiplady (Director of Human Resources)

Part 1

1. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence were received from Tony Arbour, Toby Harris and Diana Johnson.

2. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No member interests were declared.

The Clerk to the Authority, the Assistant Commissioner (HR) and the MPS Director of Human Resources declared their interests in items nine, seven and eight on the agenda respectively, by virtue of their employment. The Clerk withdrew from the meeting at the appropriate time. The Sub-Committee agreed that the Assistant Commissioner and the Director of HR should remain in the meeting to report on and answer questions on the issues of policy.

3. Minutes

(Agenda item 3)

Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 19 June 2003 be confirmed and signed as a correct record, subject to the deletion of the words “criteria for the database were awaited from Centrex” in item 24.

Matters arising

It was reported that the Home Office had not yet responded with regard to the age limit anomaly affecting MPS officers. This would be pursued.

With regard to item 27, a note was tabled proposing a way forward with regard to consultation with CPOSA. The Chair suggested that there should be at least an annual meeting with the Commanders’ Association and/or CPOSA, in addition to any ad hoc meetings. She asked for one to be arranged once the final paper on ACPO terms and conditions was available, but before the next meeting of the Sub-Committee.

4. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 4)

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.

Part 2

Summary of exempt items

5. Exempt minutes

(Agenda item 5)

With regard to item 28 – pay of senior civil staff – it was considered that the minutes should include reference to the fact that the sub-committee had received a letter from the Treasurer expressing his concerns.

Resolved – That the exempt minutes of the meeting held on 19 June 2003 be confirmed and signed subject to the above addition.

6. Oral update

(Agenda item 5)

Members welcomed the recent appointment of three MPA Deputy Assistant Commissioners – Mike Fuller, Barbara Wilding and Andy Trotter - as Chief or Deputy Chief Constables. A sounding board would be arranged to discuss the implications of these appointments.

With regard to the Commander recruitment process, the Clerk was asked to consider approaching those officers who had attended the Strategic Command Course but had not applied for these posts to ascertain why they had decided not to.

7. ACPO officers’ cars

(Agenda item 7)

The Sub-Committee considered an update report on the review of car arrangements for ACPO rank officers.

Resolved – That the report be noted.

8. Pay of senior civil staff

(Agenda item 8)

The Sub-Committee considered and made decisions upon proposals relating to pay awards for MPS senior civil staff. These decisions are set out in the exempt minutes of this meeting.

9. Remuneration of the Clerk and Treasurer of the MPA

(Agenda item 9)

The Sub-Committee considered and noted a report by the Head of Human Resources and Professional Standards on the remuneration of the Authority’s Clerk and Treasurer with effect from 1 July 2003.

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