Request for the salaries of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
Reference: 19020
Date Added: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Category:
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Question
1. Could you please tell me the PCC’s annual salary and whether this has remained the same since the post was created in 2012?
2. How many members of staff did your office have when it was created in November 2012, and what was the annual salary cost at that time?
3. How many members of staff does your office have as of now, January 2020, and what is the current annual salary cost?
4. How many members of staff are paid an annual salary of more than £100,000 as of now, January 2020?
5. How many members of staff has the office employed since November 2012 and what is the total salary cost of this?
Answer
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is partly held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent. Please find responses below.
1. Could you please tell me the PCC’s annual salary and whether this has remained the same since the post was created in 2012?
The PCC’s salary has increased to from £70,000 to £71,400 since 2012. The increase took effect from May 2019. The PCC’s salary is determined by the Government after recommendations from the Senior Salary Review Body.
This information has been published within the Statement of Accounts on the PCC’s website for the years 2015/16 to 2019/20, please see the following links:
www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/transparency/publications/statement-of-accounts/
2015/16 – please see pages 69-70
2016/17 - Please see pages 73 and 74
2017/18 - Please see pages 75 and 76
2018/19 - Please see pages 75 and 76
2. How many members of staff did your office have when it was created in November 2012, and what was the annual salary cost at that time?
This information has been published on the PCC’s website, please see the following link:
3. How many members of staff does your office have as of now, January 2020, and what is the current annual salary cost?
There were 20 members of staff working in the OPCC (including the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner) in January 2020.
Annual salary costs for the office based on January 2020 figures would be £832,735.31
In February 2020 the above link was amended as a temporary post that was filled with a seconded staff member from Gwent Police (Public Response Assistant) was removed from the OPCC due to changes in the police complaints system, therefore staff numbers have now decreased and annual cost would be £804,712.46.
4. How many members of staff are paid an annual salary of more than £100,000 as of now, January 2020?
None
5. How many members of staff has the office employed since November 2012 and what is the total salary cost of this?
The total number of staff employed since November 2012 to January 2020 is as follows:
2012 – 8
2013 – 10
2014 – 10
2015 – 16
2016 – 17
2017 – 16
2018 – 18
2019 – 20
2020 – 20
In relation to the staff establishment cost, we do not hold a total cost covering the period you require, I am however able to provide you with the annual budgeted cost of OPCC staff for the following years:
2014/15 & 2015/16 - www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/fileadmin/Documents/What_We_Spend/Budgets/Budget_15-16/OPCC_Budget_2015-16.pdf
The Freedom of Information Act is a public disclosure regime, not a private regime. Any information disclosed under the Act is thereafter deemed to be in the public domain, and therefore freely available to the general public and will be published on the OPCC website.
I hope this information is satisfactory to your request however, should you feel dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was handled, information on the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent FOI Appeals Procedure can be found on our website: www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/transparency/know-your-rights/your-information-rights/freedom-of-information/appeals-process/