Allowances

For full details and current rates see Regulation 34 Annex U, or contact the JBB.

Motor Vehicle Allowances

Motor vehicle allowances for members using their own vehicles for duty are payable at “Essential User” or “Casual User” rates according to the member’s designation. Rates are adjusted annually. See PNB circulars for current rates.

Dog Handlers’ Allowances

A dog handler’s allowance – designed to compensate for caring for a dog on rest days and public holidays – is payable where a police dog is kept and cared for at the member’s home. A further 25 per cent of the allowance is paid for each additional police dog kept at home. See PNB Circular 08/11 for current rates: The allowance payable from 1st September 2008 is £2,025 per annum. The allowance payable from 1st September 2009 is £2,079 per annum. The allowance payable from 1st September 2010 is £2,133 per annum.

London Allowance

London Allowance is payable to City of London or officers in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

The higher rate (£4,338 pa at December 2004) is payable to officers appointed on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving housing/transitional rent allowances; the standard rate (£1,011 pa at December 2004) is payable to officers appointed before 1 September 1994 who will qualify for housing/transitional rent allowances. London allowance is paid at an hourly rate to qualifying part-time members.

London Transitional Supplement

This allowance is paid to a member of the City of London or MPS who joined before 1 September 1994 and who receives a half rate housing allowance or a flat rate transitional rent allowance. The rate is £1,000 pa. The allowance is paid at an hourly rate to a qualifying part-time member.

South East England Allowance

This allowance is paid to members of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey and Thames Valley forces appointed on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving housing/transitional rent allowance. The rate in these forces is £2,000 pa.

The rate is £1,000 for members of Bedfordshire, Hampshire and Sussex forces.

These allowances are subject to review and for the up to the date position contact your JBB office or visit www.polfed.org These allowances are paid at an hourly rate to qualifying part-time members.

South East England Transitional Supplement

This is a supplementary allowance paid to members of Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey forces who joined the police service before 1 September 1994 and whose half rate housing allowance or flat rate transitional rent allowance is less than £2,000 pa. The allowance is paid at the rate of the difference between £2000 and the member’s half rate housing/flat rate transitional rent allowance. The allowance is paid at an hourly rate to qualifying part-time members. Special Priority Payments

These are single non-pensionable lump sum payments, payable to members in qualifying posts in force schemes where the posts satisfy particular criteria, including significantly higher responsibility levels, presenting special difficulties in recruitment and retention, or which have specially demanding working conditions and working environments. These payments are between £500 and £3,000 per year. In exceptional circumstances the amount can be increased to up to £5,000.

Bonus Payments

Bonus payments, of between £50 and £500, are payable where the chief officer judges a piece of work by a member to be of an outstandingly demanding, unpleasant or important nature.