Prison Service Pay Review Body

Jeremy Wright Excerpts

Wednesday 5th December 2012 Written Statements

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jeremy Wright)]

The Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) report on local pay 2012 (Cm 8488) has been laid before Parliament today. The PSPRB makes recommendations on remuneration for governing governors and other operational managers, prison officers and unified support grades within its remit in the England and Wales Prison Service.

This report is in response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s request for the PSPRB to consider how to make pay more market-facing in local areas for staff within its remit group. Copies of the report have been placed in the Vote Office, the Printed Paper Office and the Libraries of both Houses. I am grateful to the chair and members of the PSPRB for their hard work in producing this report.

The PSPRB recommendation on local market-facing pay is as follows:

The reforms as set out in “Fair and Sustainable” should be implemented in full before consideration of any additional local pay flexibilities.

The Government have accepted the review body’s recommendation, which is consistent with Government proposals, that the new pay arrangements in “Fair and Sustainable” should be given time to “bed in” before consideration of any further local pay flexibilities.