Police: Pay
(asked on 25th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the salary ranges for each recognised rank within the police service in (1) 2019–20, and (2) 2025–26.
The police officer pay scales for the police pay year 2019/20 were not separately published under the previous Government. However, the pay scales for that year recommended by the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB), which were accepted and implemented at that time, can be found at appendix D on page 73 of its fifth report and are set out in the tables below.
For the police pay year 2025-26, the Government has received the Police Remuneration Review Body and Senior Salaries Review Body’s recommendations. We are considering these recommendations very carefully and will announce a decision in due course.
Rank | Pay Point | Recommended for effect from 1 September 2019 |
Constable (appointed on or after 1 April 2013 | 0 | £20,880 |
1 | £24,177 | |
2 | £25,269 | |
3 | £26,370 | |
4 | £27,471 | |
5 | £29,670 | |
6 | £34,098 | |
7 | £40,128 | |
Constable (appointed before 1 April 2013) | On commencing service | £25,560 |
On completion of initial training | £28,527 | |
2 | £30,180 | |
3 | £32,025 | |
4 | £33,036 | |
5 | £34,098 | |
6 | £37,095 | |
7 | £40,128 | |
Sergeant | 1 | £41,499 |
2 | £42,984 | |
3 | £43,806 | |
4 | £45,099 | |
Inspector | 0 | £51,414 |
1 | £52,863 | |
2 | £54,312 | |
3 | £55,767 | |
Inspector (London) | 0 | £53,664 |
1 | £55,119 | |
2 | £56,580 | |
3 | £58,038 | |
Chief Inspector | 1 | £56,910 |
2 | £58,050 | |
3 | £59,250 | |
In post 31 August 1994 | £60,219 | |
Chief Inspector (London) | 1 | £59,175 |
2 | £60,315 | |
3 | £61,509 | |
In post 31 August 1994 | £62,469 | |
Superintendent (promoted to rank on or after 1 April 2014) | 1 | £68,460 |
2 | £72,033 | |
3 | £75,795 | |
4 | £80,859 | |
Superintendent (promoted to rank before 1 April 2014) | 1 | £68,460 |
2 | £71,283 | |
3 | £74,103 | |
4 | £76,932 | |
5 | £79,758 | |
Chief Superintendent | 1 | £84,849 |
2 | £87,717 | |
3 | £89,511 |
Force Weighting | Forces | Chief Constables – recommended for effect from 1 September 2019 | Deputy Chief Constables – recommended for effect from 1 September 2019 |
10.0 | West Midlands | £199,386 | £152,871 |
Greater Manchester | |||
8.0 | West Yorkshire | £186,099 | £148,878 |
6.5 | Thames Valley | £176,130 | £145,308 |
6.0 | Merseyside | £172,800 | £142,566 |
Northumbria | |||
5.5 | Hampshire | £169,476 | £139,824 |
5.0 | Kent | £166,161 | £137,076 |
Lancashire | |||
Devon & Cornwall | |||
4.5 | South Yorkshire | £162,840 | £134,343 |
Essex | |||
Avon & Somerset | |||
Sussex | |||
South Wales | |||
3.5 | Nottinghamshire | £156,192 | £128,859 |
3.0 | Hertfordshire | £152,871 | £126,111 |
West Mercia | |||
Cheshire | |||
Humberside | |||
Staffordshire | |||
Leicestershire | |||
Derbyshire | |||
2.5 | Surrey | £149,544 | £123,375 |
Norfolk | |||
2.0 | Cleveland | £146,256 | £120,633 |
Durham | |||
Cambridgeshire | |||
North Wales | |||
North Yorkshire | |||
Gwent | |||
Northamptonshire | |||
Suffolk | |||
Dorset | |||
Wiltshire | |||
Bedfordshire | |||
1.5 | Gloucestershire | £142,896 | £119,637 |
Lincolnshire | |||
Cumbria | |||
Warwickshire | |||
Dyfed-Powys | |||
Metropolitan Police Service Salaries | Recommended for effect from 1 September 2019 | ||
Commissioner | £285,792 | ||
Deputy Commissioner | £235,944 | ||
Assistant Commissioner | £199,386 | ||
Deputy Assistant Commissioner | £152,871 | ||
City of London Salaries | Recommended for effect from 1 September 2019 | ||
Commissioner | £176,802 | ||
Assistant Commissioner | £145,830 | ||
Assistant Chief Constable and Commander Pay Scale | Recommended for effect from 1 September 2019 | ||
1 | £103,023 | ||
2 | £109,662 | ||
3 | £116,313 | ||