Seminar on Pension Reforms – 1 May 2013
On 1st May, the Association hosted a pension seminar at The Chesford Grange Hotel, Warwickshire, for those members who will not be covered by ‘full protection’ when the reforms to the police pension schemes come into effect in April 2015. Approximately 170 of our current membership come with this group and around 100 of them [...]
Pay Review Body for the Police Service
Tom Winsor proposed in his Review of Pay and Conditions of Service for Police Officers and Staff that the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) should be replaced with a Pay Review Body for police pay (up to and including the rank of Chief Superintendent) by 2014. The Home Secretary has decided to implement this recommendation and [...]
Pay Rise Announced for Police Officers
At the conclusion of the PNB meeting held on 11th April 2013, which was attended by the National Secretary Graham Cassidy and the National Deputy Secretary Tim Jackson the Chair of the Staff Side Steve Williams (Chair of the PFEW) made the following announcement on behalf of the Staff Side: “As colleagues will be aware, [...]
Increase in Pension Contributions Announced
Following a consultation process, the Policing Minister has announced that police pension contributions will be increased with effect from April 2013. This announcement is not entirely unexpected. For our members, this will mean a further increase of 1.5% taking our total contributions to 14%. This represents an increase of 3% in contributions over a two [...]
Consultation on Increase in Pension Contributions
In 2011, the Home Secretary consulted on an increase in police officer pension contributions over a three year period. In April 2012, the first of these increases was introduced which resulted in police officer contributions for members of the PPS (‘1987’ Scheme) rising from 11% to 12.5% for those officers who are classed as ‘Tier [...]
Home Secretary Accepts PAT Findings
The Home Secretary has today announced that she has decided to accept in full the findings of the Independent Police Arbitration Tribunal on the Winsor 2 Recommendations. The Home Secretary has ratified the following:- Expertise and Professional Accreditation Allowance rejected Compulsory severance – negotiations extended to July 2013 CRTPs to be phased out between 2013 [...]
Changes to Annual and Lifetime Allowances
In his most recent Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced further changes to Annual and Lifetime Allowances in relation to pensions. These changes will come into effect from April 2014. The Annual Allowance will be reduced from £50,000 to £40,000 per year and the Lifetime Allowance will be reduced from £1.5m to £1.25m. As a general [...]
PAT Findings on Winsor 2 Recommendations
The decision of the Police Arbitration Tribunal on the Winsor 2 recommendations has been published today, 6 December 2012. The report runs to 42 pages and can be accessed by clicking the link below. PAT FINAL Award 06122012 -Full Text Headline features of the report are as follows: The PAT have made ‘no decision’ on [...]
MPs Debate Police Pensions
The Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee Keith Vaz chaired a Westminster debate about police pensions on Wednesday 28th November 2012. Derek Barnett President of the PSAEW welcomed the debate saying: “I am pleased that Mr Vaz is highlighting what is a particularly pressing concern for police officers at a time when significant number of [...]
Independent Police Arbitration Tribunal – 30th October
The Staff Side appeared before the Police Arbitration Tribunal again on Tuesday 30th October. Following our earlier appearance on 18th October the Staff Side presented its case on the following recommendations contained in the Winsor II Report in respect of which it registered a ‘failure to agree’ at July’s PNB meeting. It has taken over [...]
The Annual Allowance Tax Charge – Don’t Get Caught Out!
The Annual Allowance tax charge, which was revised in 2011, can give rise to members facing a tax bill if they undertake temporary or permanent promotion to the rank of ACC. In some cases this tax charge can be substantial. In essence a charge becomes payable if the size of a person’s pension ‘pot’ exceeds [...]
Pay Review Body Consultation
The Government have announced a 4 week consultation period to scope how the transition from the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) to a Pay Review Body (PRB) should be made and to consider the details of the proposals for the PRB, including the terms of reference, membership and processes around it. Winsor 2 recommended that police [...]
Police Arbitration Tribunal Hearing Goes into Extra Time
The independent Police Arbitration Tribunal met on the 18 October to hear those matters contained in the Winsor 2 Report where a ‘failure to agree’ was registered at the Police Negotiating Board meeting held in Cardiff on 24 July 2012. The Police Arbitration Tribunal Hearing did not reach a conclusion as there are matters still [...]
Motor Vehicle Allowances
In accordance with the revised Regulations and Determinations introduced following the recommendation of the Police Arbitration Tribunal, the following rates apply from 1st April 2012. Essential Users 451-999cc 1000-1199cc 1200-1450cc Lump sum per annum £846 £963 £1,239 Per mile – first 8,500 miles 36.9p 40.9p 50.5p Per mile – after 8,500 miles 13.7p 14.4p 16.4p [...]
Announcement on Police Pensions
The Home Secretary has today made a Ministerial Statement on reform of the police pension schemes. The links below will take you to the following documents: Home Secretary’s letter to the Independent Chair of PNB Government Actuarial Department’s (GAD) Verification Report Reform Design Framework The Government is committed to reforming pensions across the entire public [...]
Reform of Police Pension Schemes
Reform of Police Pension Schemes discussed at Police Negotiating Board Meetings held in Cardiff on 24 July 2012 Developments that have taken place in respect of the reform of police pension schemes have been circulated to members recently via the Association’s e-bulletin. The Home Secretary agreed that discussions to achieve an ‘agreed framework’ could continue [...]
Results of PNB Negotiations on Winsor 2
The Police Negotiating Board met on 24 July 2012 to discuss a number of the recommendations from Part 2 of the Winsor Review of Remunerations and Conditions for Police Officers and Police Staff. This meeting was the culmination of a number of working groups that had been held between April and July in order to [...]
