Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements they have made to provide training to newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Home Office has provided a grant to the APCC for 2023/24 and 2024/25 for a programme of work that includes the development and delivery of a comprehensive induction programme for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) following the elections in May.
The programme will cover the fundamentals of the role, working with and getting the best out of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, establishing effective relationships with the Chief Constable and the force, financial management, commissioning and influencing at the national level.
Each Office of Police and Crime Commissioner will also deliver bespoke programmes, focusing on the local needs of newly elected PCCs.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether Police and Crime Commissioners who are defeated in the forthcoming elections are entitled to payments for winding up their offices similar to those paid to MPs; and if so, how are those payments calculated.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Police and Crime Commissioners are not currently entitled to any winding up payments, or a loss of office payment, if they lose their seat at an election.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether Police and Crime Commissioners who are defeated in the forthcoming elections are entitled to 'loss of office payments' similar to MPs; and if so, what is the size of those payments.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Police and Crime Commissioners are not currently entitled to any winding up payments, or a loss of office payment, if they lose their seat at an election.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have issued any guidance to Police and Crime Commissioners concerning the taxation of their home security.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs cannot comment on the guidance issued to taxpayers on individual cases, including to Police and Crime Commissioners on the taxation of their home security.Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many times the pay of (1) Police and Crime Commissioners, and (2) Chief Officers of Police in England and Wales, has been increased since November 2012; and when these increases took place.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The independent Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) makes recommendations to the Government on the pay of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). PCCs are currently placed into five salary groups aligned to the 12 force weightings used to govern chief constables’ pay. The current PCC pay bands range from £68,200 to £101,900.
PCC pay has increased twice since 2012, with uplifts taking effect from 1 May 2018 and 1 May 2022. SSRB reviews in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 pay rounds recommended that the rates of pay should remain unchanged in those years.
PCC pay has increased by 2% to 5% since November 2012. Chief police officer pay has increased by 22% to 27%. PCC pay remains above that for chief inspectors, which ranges from £64,449 to £67,017.
In its last review, the SRRB recommended adjustments to PCC remuneration, including reducing the current five groups to three. The recommendations were not accepted by the Government at that time, who concluded the issue should be considered when the future structure of chief police officer pay is settled. The next review of PCC pay is scheduled to take place in the 2025/26 pay round.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government why the pay of Police and Crime Commissioners, which was initially roughly equivalent to that of Assistant Chief Constables, is now roughly equivalent to that of Chief Inspector.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The independent Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) makes recommendations to the Government on the pay of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). PCCs are currently placed into five salary groups aligned to the 12 force weightings used to govern chief constables’ pay. The current PCC pay bands range from £68,200 to £101,900.
PCC pay has increased twice since 2012, with uplifts taking effect from 1 May 2018 and 1 May 2022. SSRB reviews in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 pay rounds recommended that the rates of pay should remain unchanged in those years.
PCC pay has increased by 2% to 5% since November 2012. Chief police officer pay has increased by 22% to 27%. PCC pay remains above that for chief inspectors, which ranges from £64,449 to £67,017.
In its last review, the SRRB recommended adjustments to PCC remuneration, including reducing the current five groups to three. The recommendations were not accepted by the Government at that time, who concluded the issue should be considered when the future structure of chief police officer pay is settled. The next review of PCC pay is scheduled to take place in the 2025/26 pay round.