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PART 2:  CONSTABLES’ PAY

 

TABLE (a)

CONSTABLES' PAY with effect from 1.9.96

 

Reckonable years of service in the rank	Annual salary with effect from 1 September 1995 £	Annual salary with effect from 1 September 1996 £
On commencing service	14,412 (a)	14,916(a)
On completion of initial training period	16,125(a)	16,689(a)
	15,648(b)	16,197(b)
	16,710(b)	17,295(b)
2	17,082 (c)	17,679(c)
3	17,532	18,147
4	18,141	18,777
5	18,726	19,380
6	19,335	20,013
7	19,893	20,589
8	20,397	21,111
9	20,397	21,111
10	21,057	21,795
11	21,057	21,795
12	21,828	22,593
13	21,828	22,593
14	22,809	23,607

                              a)       Entrants joining on or after 31st May 1996 were to commence on a salary of £14,412.  On 1st September this should have been uprated to £14,916 with a further increase to £16,689 on completion of their initial training.

 

                              b)       Any probationer who had already received a letter of appointment confirming that he would, upon completion of initial training, proceed to £16,710 or who the force had accepted was clearly advised before accepting appointment that he would definitely progress to £16,710 should, on a personal basis, have still been placed on £16,710 on completion of initial training and this sum should have been increased to £17,295 from 1st September 1996, regardless of whether he had commenced service before or after 31st May 1996.

 

Probationers in service before 31st May 1996 were to continue until 1st January 1997 to be paid under arrangements in place at that time as uprated i.e. upon completion of initial training they were to be placed on either £15,648 (which from 1st September 1996 should have been increased to £16,197) or £16,710 (which from 1st September 1996 should have been increased to £17,295).  On 1st January 1997 any probationer who entered service before 31st May 1996 and who was in receipt of a salary of £16,197 was to have had that salary increased to £16,689.  On 1st January 1997 any probationer who entered service before 31st May 1996 and who was in receipt of a salary of £17,295 was to have retained that salary until completion of 2 years service.

 

                              (c)      All officers were to have moved to this salary point on completion of two years' service as a constable.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT RELATING TO STARTING RATE FOR CONSTABLES

 

Entrants joining on or after 31 May 1996 were to commence on a salary of £14,412 pa and to have this increased to £16,125 pa on completion of their initial training.

 

However, any probationer who had already received a letter of appointment confirming that he would,  upon completion of initial training, proceed to £16,710 or who the force had accepted was clearly advised before accepting appointment that he would definitely progress to £16,710, should, on a personal basis, have been placed on £16,710 on completion of initial training, regardless of whether he had commenced service before or after 31 May 1996.

 

All probationers in service before 31 May 1996 were to continue until 1 January 1997 to be paid under arrangements in place at that time, ie, upon completion of initial training they were to be placed on either £15,648 pa or £16,710 pa. On 1 January 1997, any probationer who entered service before 31 May 1996 and who was in receipt of a salary of £15,648 pa was to have that salary increased to £16,125 pa. On 1 January 1997, any probationer who entered service before 31 May 1996 and who was in receipt of a salary of £16,710 pa, was to retain that salary.

 

It was also agreed that all of these salary points were to be uprated with effect from 1 September 1996 in line with the general pay increase.

 

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT RELATING TO PAY FOR CONSTABLES APPOINTED AFTER 21 AUGUST 1994 BUT BEFORE 30 SEPTEMBER 1994 (AGED 22 OR OVER ON APPOINTMENT)

The PNB 1996 pay agreement for Federated Ranks increased the pay of police constables by 3.5% from 1 September 1996.  [PNB Circular 96/8 (Advisory) Appendix A ] tabulated the increases in constables' pay and gave information on how the agreement affects different categories of constables.  The circular did not include a reference to constables in category P ie those who were appointed after the 21 August 1994 but before 30 September 1994 and were aged 22 or over on appointment, although they were covered by the agreement.

 

Category P Constables' pay was to have risen in accordance with this agreement, from £16,525 to £17,103, with effect from 1 September 1996.

 

Table (b)

 

CONSTABLES' PAY with effect from 1.9.97

 

Reckonable years of service in the rank	Annual salary with effect from 1 September 1996 £	Annual salary with effect from 1 September 1997 £
On commencing service	14,916	15,438
On completion of initial training period	16,689	17,274
	17,103 (a)	17,703 (a)
	17,295 (b)	17,901 (b)
2	17,679 (c)	18,297 (c)
3	18,147	18,783
4	18,777	19,434
5	19,380	20,058
6	20,013	20,712
7	20,589	21,309
8	21,111	21,849
9	21,111	21,849
10	21,795	22,557
11	21,795	22,557
12	22,593	23,385
13	22,593	23,385
14	23,607	24,432

 

(a)       Any probationer who was appointed after 31 August 1994 but before 30 September 1994 and was aged 22 or over on appointment.  The probationer was a protected member and -

(i)        was undergoing initial training: or

(ii)       had completed initial training and had not been assigned to (b)

 

                    (b)      Any probationer then in receipt of a salary of £17,295 (£17,901 from 1 September 1997) was to retain that salary until completion of 2 years service.

 

                    (c)      All officers were to have moved to this salary point on completion of two years' service as a constable.

 

Table (c)