Correspondence: Remit letter to the Police Remuneration Review Body: 2025 to 2026

Home Secretary
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF

Zoë Billingham
Chair
Police Remuneration Review Body
Windsor House
50 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0TL

Police Remuneration Review Body Remit 2025/26

I would once again like to take this opportunity to thank you and the members of the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) for the work you undertook in considering the pay and allowances for police officers in the last pay round.

I write to you now to formally commence the 2025/26 pay round and ask for the PRRB to make recommendations on how to apply the pay award for all police officers in ranks up to and including chief superintendent.

I also ask that you consider proposals resulting from year one of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s review of allowances, taking into account the views of policing stakeholders.

During this pay round, you will receive evidence from my department, HM Treasury and key stakeholders. My department’s evidence will, as usual, cover the recruitment and retention context for police officers, alongside pay and earnings data, and the expected position following the implementation of the 2024/25 pay award. It will also set out the funds available to the Home Office for 2025/26, which will be finalised through the Spending Review and announced at the Autumn Budget on 30 October. This comes against the backdrop of the challenging financial position this Government has inherited, including a £22 billion pressure against the spending plans set out for departments at Spring Budget 2024.

My department will continue to strive to deliver mission-led public services to ensure they are equipped to efficiently deliver the vital, high quality public service we rely on, whilst ensuring value for money for taxpayers.