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Fair pay for police staff
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has met the Rt Hon Nick Herbert, Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice, along with two of his constituents, to discuss the implications of the Winsor Review for police staff pay.
Graham wrote to the Minister last year, concerned about the implications of changes to the allowances paid to civilian staff within the police service. The Minister agreed to meet with Graham and constituents Trevor Laugley and Stephen Meredith, to hear their reservations over the potential impact of recommendations from the review undertaken by Tom Winsor.
Graham said: “It was good to have a chance to meet the Minister and explain the reality of the services provided by civilian staff. Many are part of the front line and play crucial roles in the detection of crime. Highly-qualified, experienced police staff work shoulder to shoulder with police officers doing exactly the same job, but for much lower basic pay. Only the use of weekend, on-call and shift allowances paid to police staff helps rebalance this inequitable situation.
“A differentiation in salary between police officers and police staff is widely accepted. However, the Government needs to ensure that changes to allowances of police staff do not widen these pay differentials further.”
Part one of the review, which was published on 8 March 2011, focused on short-term reforms to encourage the police service to become more efficient, effective and economical. Part two of the review, which is required to make recommendations for longer-term reform, could widen the gap in pay between civilians and police officers doing the same job.
Constituent Trevor Laugley added: “As the manager of an operational Crime Scene Investigation unit, I genuinely fear that the Winsor report will have a negative impact on both the morale of the unit and the retention of these highly-skilled specialists.”
Part two of the Winsor Review is due to be published later this month.
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