The Prison Service Pay Review Body 2011 report on Northern Ireland sets out a number of recommendations regarding pay, including: a consolidated increase of £250 for night custody officers, operational support grades and healthcare assistants; a consolidated increase of £0.12 per hour for prisoner custody officers and senior prisoner custody officers; that night patrol officers be paid at a single rate of £18,704. These recommendations are made against the background of exceptional economic circumstances, and follow the Minister's recommendation that consideration be given to those earning £21,000 or less, which follows the Government's announcement of a two-year pay freeze for those earning above that threshold.

This is the eleventh report on England and Wales of the Prison Service Pay Review Body. Although this is the second year of a pay freeze for the public sector workers paid more than GBP21,000 a year, the Body considered evidence from the parties, undertook a visits programme and makes a few key recommendations on pay from 1 April 2012 including a consolidated increase of GBP250 to all points at or below GBP21,000

This is the fourth report on Northern Ireland from the Prison Service Pay Review Body with recommendations for the pay arrangements of prison governors and officer grades applicable from 1 April 2006. These include: a consolidated increase in basic pay for all remit group staff of two per cent, to be paid through spinal progression; and an unconsolidated service-wide performance award of up to one per cent.

This is the second report on Northern Ireland as an independent Pay Review Body which makes recommendations for the pay arrangements of prison governors and officer grades applicable from 1 April 2004. These include: a consolidated increase in basic pay of 1.5 per cent and non-consolidated individual performance awards; a consolidated increase of 1 per cent for senior and principal officers; an increase of 2 per cent in basic pay for prison officers below point 93 on the pay spine; and an increase in basic pay of 1 per cent for auxiliary and night patrol officers.

Key recommendations from 1 April 2013 are: the introduction of the custody prison officer and the prison officer offender supervisor pay scales as set out in Appendix D; the payment of outstanding preserved increments at 1 April 2013 and raising the minimum of the main grade officer pre-2002 pay scale to remove all unoccupied points, as set out in Appendix D; all staff in open grades (i.e. are the senior officer post-2002, custody officer and principal prisoner custody officer grades) on 1 April 2013 to receive a 1 per cent consolidated increase; the prisoner custody officer grade to receive a consolidated increase of £0.09 per hour and the senior prisoner custody officer grade to receive a consolidated increase of £0.10 per hour to take effect on 1 April 2013; staff in the closed grades (i.e. governor grades, principal officer pre-2002 and post-2002, senior officer pre-2002, main grade officer pre-2002 and post-2002, night custody officer and operational support grades) on 1 April 2013 who are at the maximum of scales on 31 March 2013 or on single pay points to receive a non-consolidated, nonpensionable payment of 1 per cent; the entry point of the prison officer offender supervisor scale to be increased by a 1 per cent consolidated increase to take effect from 1 April 2013; the parties to plan and pilot a staff survey and present the results next year.

This is the eleventh report on England and Wales of the Prison Service Pay Review Body. Although this is the second year of a pay freeze for the public sector workers paid more than £21,000 a year, the Body considered evidence from the parties, undertook a visits programme and makes a few key recommendations on pay from 1 April 2012 including a consolidated increase of £250 to all points at or below £21,000