Written Question · S4W-03410 · Session 4
What talks it has had with police civilian staff regarding their future under a single police force.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what talks it has had with police civilian staff regarding their future under a single police force.
The answer
The Scottish Government has met police staff and the staff associations as part of its consultations on police reform.
I met with representatives from UNISON on 27 June to discuss reform and have recently written to Mr. Veldon, UNISON Scotland Staff Side Secretary, asking whether he and colleagues from Unite and GMB would find a meeting helpful to discuss further the implications for police staff. My officials also met UNISON separately on 11 March and police staff groups on 3 May and 1 November.
In a letter to all police staff and officers on 8 September, I confirmed that they will transfer to the Scottish Police Service on the same terms and conditions. I offered reassurance that existing mobility safeguards would be honoured and staff would remain in their current pension schemes.
UNISON have also been invited to join a police reform subgroup to scrutinise, challenge and contribute to the development of the reform agenda moving forward.
I met with representatives from UNISON on 27 June to discuss reform and have recently written to Mr. Veldon, UNISON Scotland Staff Side Secretary, asking whether he and colleagues from Unite and GMB would find a meeting helpful to discuss further the implications for police staff. My officials also met UNISON separately on 11 March and police staff groups on 3 May and 1 November.
In a letter to all police staff and officers on 8 September, I confirmed that they will transfer to the Scottish Police Service on the same terms and conditions. I offered reassurance that existing mobility safeguards would be honoured and staff would remain in their current pension schemes.
UNISON have also been invited to join a police reform subgroup to scrutinise, challenge and contribute to the development of the reform agenda moving forward.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-03410 by reference.