Pay Review Body

The Prison Officers Association have issued a stark warning to the Government after they released the recommendations today for the pay award relating to operational Prison staff some 6 months overdue.

Mark Fairhurst responds to debate in Parliament on Prison Officer Experience, 18 May 2021.

Steve Gillan updates members on Pay Award Recommendation 3 - Judicial Review

Please find attached the 2021 POA submissions to the Prison Service Pay Review Body for your information.

Please find the HMPPS Submission to the Prison Service Pay Review Body attached

As part of the TUC campaign all KEY WORKERS deserve a pay rise, the POA support this campaign for all key workers. Let me make it clear Prison Officer Grades, OSGs and Custodial Workers are key workers, as are all our POA members in secure hospitals or wherever they work. 

Read this article from the Morning Star regarding pay justice for prison officers

See questions asked regarding Pay Review Body’s Nineteenth Report on England and Wales 2020

I would first of all like to offer my thanks to the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) for their hard
work, insight and rigour through which they developed their report for prison service pay for the past year.

See the response of the Lord Chancellor to the PSPRB Chair 2020 below

Representing over 30,000 Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, the POA is the largest UK Union in this sector, able to trace its roots back more than 100 years.