Contents
National Offender Management Service (NOMS) in England and Wales and our remit group 8
Summary 9
Chapter 1: Introduction 13
Our remit this year 13
Outcome of our last report 13
Our work programme and evidence base 13
Visits 14
Our 2013 report 14
Chapter 2: Context and evidence 15
Introduction 15
Economic context 15
Affordability 16
Public sector pensions 17
Staffing levels 17
Workforce restructuring 18
Job evaluation scheme 19
Prison competition and efficiency 19
Recruitment and retention 19
Motivation and morale 20
Staff attitude surveys 20
Unions 20
Visits 21
Performance measures 21
Sickness absence 21
The parties' proposals 21
Chapter 3: Our recommendations on pay for 2013 24
Introduction 24
Analysis 24
New pay scales and ranges 25
Recommendations on pay increases 26
Fair and Sustainable: Bands 2 to 5 27
Fair and Sustainable: Bands 7 to 11 27
Old, pre-Fair and Sustainable grades 27
Allowances 28
Unsocial working hours and required hours addition 28
Tornado payments 28
Care and maintenance of dogs and kennelling days of dogs 29
Hours worked outside of the standard week 29
Additional committed hours 29
Overtime and time off in lieu 29
Locality pay 29
Notional rent 30
Cost of recommendations 30
Chapter 4: Looking ahead 31
Introduction 31
Workforce restructuring 31
Job evaluation 31
Locality pay 32
Motivation 32
Government pay policy 32
PSPRB scope and remit 33
Appendix A: Standing terms of reference 34
Appendix B: Minister's remit letterMinistry 35
Appendix C: PSPRB Chair's reply to the remit letterPSPRB 37
Appendix D: Prison establishments visited in 2012 38
Appendix E: Results from the National Offender Management Service Staff Engagement Survey 39
Appendix F: Current and recommended pay levels 41
Appendix G: Locality pay 51
Appendix H: Allowances and payments 52
Table 2.1: Contribution rates to Civil Service Pension Schemes in 2012-13 and 2013-14 as percentage of pensionable earnings 17
Table 2.2: Headcount of remit group staff in post, 2008-2012 18
Table E.1: Staff Survey results given as the percentage in agreement or satisfied with each question, 2008-2012 39
Table E.2: NOMS Staff Survey results given as the percentage of each grade group in agreement or satisfied with each question, 2012 40
Figure 2.1: Quarterly Gross Domestic Product, reweighted volumes, 2003 to 2012 (at 2009 prices, seasonally adjusted) 15