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 22 June 2007 at 11.00 am at New Scotland Yard, 10 Broadway, SW1

Present

Members

• Rachel Whittaker (Chair)
• Tony Arbour
• Jennette Arnold (Deputy Chair)
• Reshard Auladin
• Cindy Butts

MPA officers

• Alan Johnson (Policy Officer, Human Resources)
• David Riddle (Deputy Chief Executive)
• Ruth Hastings Iqball (Committee Services)

MPS officers

• Kevin Courtney (Head, Pay and Benefits)
• Martin Tiplady (Director, Human Resources)

48. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence were received from Len Duvall (member) and Catherine Crawford (Chief Executive and Clerk).

49. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No declarations of interest were received.

50. Minutes of the meeting held on 22 March 2007 (Part 1)

(Agenda item 3)

The Chair noted that the wording at the beginning of paragraph 47 (agenda item 8) should be ‘Chief Executive and Clerk’. With this amendment the minutes were agreed. It was noted that the report on the review of gifts and hospitality would now be received at the next meeting of the Sub Committee.

RESOLVED - That the minutes (Part 1) of the Sub-Committee held on 22 March 2007 be confirmed and signed as a correct record, subject to the amendment noted above.

51. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 4)

A resolution was put to exclude the press and public from the meeting during remaining items on the agenda as they were likely to disclose exempt information as described in Schedule 12(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

RESOLVED - That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during discussion of the remaining items on the agenda.

52. Minutes of the meeting held on 22 March 2007 (Part 2)

(Agenda item 5)

That the minutes (Part 2) of the special meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 19 January 2007 were confirmed and signed as a correct record. In answer to questions in relation to item 8, ‘ACPO performance development review – oral update’, members were informed that CPOSA, on behalf of ACPO officers, was content with the proposed changes which had now been introduced.

53. Letters to Sir Ian Blair on annual leave, overseas travel and public speaking (oral update) 

(Agenda item 6)

The changes proposed by the MPA had been agreed in principle.

54. Completion of management board PDRS and ACPO PDRS (oral update)

(Agenda item 7)

The Director HR, reported that half of the PDRs for Management Board members were complete and that the completion rates had shown an improvement upon last year.

55. MPA SMT Pay – emerging thinking

(Agenda item 8)

Due to the sudden evacuation of the premises of the MPA, this report was not received. It was agreed it should be received at the next meeting or by the Co-ordination and Policing Committee.

56. MPS Senior police staff pay - emerging thinking

(Agenda item 9)

A report was received from the Director of HR setting out the background to this year’s review of senior police staff pay effective from 1 April 2007. Members commented on the revised salary ranges and on options for performance-related awards for senior police staff.

57. Draft response to Sir Clive Booth's review of police negotiating machinery - implications for Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) ranks

(Agenda item 10)

Sir Clive Booth, who was carrying out an independent review of police officer pay arrangements, was required to review the effectiveness of the current negotiating machinery and to consider the full range of options for determining police pay and conditions. The MPA and MPS were providing a joint written response. This report dealt with the response only insofar as it affected ACPO rank officers.

58. Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) - extensions to fixed term appointments (FTA)

(Agenda item 11)

This report suggested an approach to the extension of FTAs for ACPO rank officers whose FTAs expired before they reached 30 years’ service. Members were concerned that extending fixed term appointments blocked the progress of officers below them and that the process lacked transparency. To allay members concerns, it was agreed that extensions to fixed terms appointments would be considered by the equivalent of an Appointments Board. It was also agreed that the requirement to extend a FTA needed to be robust, and not just to meet an officer’s pension needs.

The meeting ended at 12.30 p.m.

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