Minutes - draft

Please note these minutes are currently draft and are subject to committee approval.

Minutes of the Remuneration Sub-committee of the Metropolitan Police Authority held on 19 April 2004 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

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

MPA Officers

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

MPS Officers

• Martin Tiplady (Director of Human Resources)
• Mike Shurety (Director of HR Services)
• Alan Croney (Director of Property Services – for part of meeting)
• Mr Courtney (Compensation and Benefits Analyst)
• Ian Wardrop (Head of Pay and Pensions Policy)

Part 1

22. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

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

23. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No member interests were declared.

24. Minutes

(Agenda item 3)

Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 5 February 2004 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

25. Internal Audit report on arrangements for remuneration and allowances to ACPO ranks

(Agenda item 4)

The Sub-Committee received a report by the Director of Internal Audit.

The Clerk was asked to report back to the Sub-Committee on how those parts of the action plan which are the responsibility of the MPA will be taken forward. The report should have the support of Internal Audit and the MPS.

Resolved – That the report be received and its recommendations and conclusions noted.

26. Policy on temporary promotions to ACPO rank

(Agenda item 5)

The Sub-Committee considered a report by the Commissioner on the current policy and how this would need to be adjusted to take account of the role of the Senior Appointments Panel.

In introducing the report, Mike Shurety outlined the situations in which temporary promotions were appropriate, including where there was a need to fill a post for at least three months or where it was necessary to create a post to fill a short-term requirement. The PNB had reported a number of changes – paragraphs 5 and 8 of the report should be amended to read ’28 consecutive days’ rather than ‘6 weeks’. PNB agreement would also have some impact on the remuneration of temporary promotions – of the alternatives, the Sub-Committee members favoured payment of 90% of the substantive pay for ACPO officers.

Resolved - That the revised arrangements proposed in the report be endorsed.

27. 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.

Part 2

Summary of exempt items

28. Senior police staff redundancy

(Agenda item 10)

The Sub-Committee agreed redundancy proposals in respect of a senior police staff post.

29. Chair’s oral update

(Agenda item 7)

The Chair reported orally on relevant issues that had occurred since the last meeting of the Sub-committee.

30. ACPO officers – benefits

(Agenda item 8)

The Sub-committee considered and made decisions on a report by the Commissioner on various aspects of changes and improvements to benefits provided to officers in ACPO ranks.

31. Senior police staff pay

(Agenda item 9)

The Sub-Committee considered a report by the Commissioner on the pay of senior police staff and made a number of decisions in relation to pay and related benefits.

The meeting ended at 11.30 a.m.

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