Update from PFEW on Officer 7% pay rise - it comes in on 1 September

31 July 2023

On Thursday 13 July 2023, the Government announced the police pay award fully accepting recommendations of the Police Pay Remuneration Review Body’s ninth report for England and Wales.

According to the announcement, the 2023-2024 pay award will come into effect from 1 September 2023. Therefore, it will reflect in your pay from September 2023.

We appreciate there has been some confusion in comparison to other public sector workers where pay awards apply from 1 April onwards, for example, armed forces personnel, NHS professionals such as doctors and dentists. For policing, the award has been announced two months before the effective date, whereas it has been delayed for other public sector workers.

Therefore, this year, police pay will not be backdated. As is the norm in policing, the police pay year starts from 1 September and this is when you will receive the pay award increase.