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This information is extracted from page 56 of the draft Statement of Accounts.
Salaries
2023/2024
N.B. this is an exceptional reporting period extended to 6 May 2024, covering approximately 13 months instead of the usual 12. The figures stated are therefore in excess of annual salaries.
2022/2023
22. Officers’ Remuneration
(a) Senior employees
| Salary (including allowances) | Lease Car Allowance | Expenses Chargeable to Income Tax | Remuneration excluding Pension Contributions | Employer Pension Contributions | 2022/2023 Total | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| (i) | Acting Chief Fire Officer | 27,405 | 887 | – | 28,292 | 7,893 | 36,185 |
| (ii) | Chief Fire Officer / Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer | 144,175 | – | – | 144,175 | 41,523 | 185,698 |
| (iii) | Deputy Chief Fire Officer | 21,447 | – | – | 21,447 | 6,177 | 27,624 |
| 193,028 | 887 | – | 193,915 | 55,593 | 249,508 |
(i) The Acting Chief Fire Officer retired from the Authority on 17th June 2022.
(ii) The Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer became the Chief Fire Officer on 18th June 2022.
(iii) The current Deputy Chief Fire Officer took up post on the 4th December 2022. Prior to this, the post holder was seconded on an acting basis from West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue between 13th June and 3rd December at a cost of £77,074.
The Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner (PFCC) for North Yorkshire is Zoe Metcalfe. The post holder’s full remuneration is reflected in the PFCC Group Accounts. The costs incurred within these
accounts in 2022/23 amounts to £3,785.
The current Chief Finance Officer of the Authority is Michael Porter. This function is discharged by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire via a collaboration agreement with the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland who reflect the post holder’s remuneration in its accounts. The costs incurred within these accounts in 2022/23 is £30,287.
2021/22 Comparative Figures
| Salary (including allowances) | Lease Car Allowance | Expenses Chargeable to Income Tax | Remuneration excluding Pension Contributions | Employer Pension Contributions | 2021/2022 Total | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| (1) Chief Fire Officer | £46,766 | £ – | £3,362 | £50,128 | £13,469 | £63,597 |
| (2) Acting Chief Fire Officer/Deputy Chief Fire Officer | £119,503 | £4,150 | £ – | £123,653 | £44,574 | £168,227 |
| (3) Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer | £67,367 | £ – | £ – | £67,367 | £19,402 | £86,769 |
| £233,636 | £4,150 | £3,362 | £ 241,147 | £77,445 | £318,592 |
(1) The Chief Fire Officer retired from the Authority on 5th August 2021.
(2) The Deputy Chief Fire Officer became the Acting Chief Fire Officer & Chief Executive on 22nd July 2021.
(3) The Director of Assurance became the Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer on 30th July 2021.
Three elected Police, Fire & Crime Commissioners (PFCC) for North Yorkshire were in post between April 2021 and March 2022. The post holders’ full remuneration is reflected in the PFCC Group Accounts. The costs incurred within these accounts total £3,453:
| Julia Mulligan | to 12/5/2021 | £581 |
| Philip Allott | to 15/10/2021 | £1,558 |
| Zoe Metcalfe | from 25/11/2021 | £1,314 |
The current Chief Finance Officer of the Authority is Michael Porter. This function is discharged by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire via a collaboration agreement with the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland who reflect the post holder’s remuneration in its accounts. The costs incurred within these accounts in 2021/22 is £29,105.
Number of employees whose total remuneration, excluding pension contributions, was more than £50,000 for the year ended 31st March 2023
(b) The following table sets out the number of employees whose total remuneration, excluding pension contributions, was more than £50,000 for the year ended 31st March 2023. The table excludes employees included in (a) above.
| 2022/23 | 2021/22 | |
| Band: | Number of employees | Number of employees |
| £50,000 – £54,999 | 24 | 8 |
| £55,000 – £59,999 | 13 | 8 |
| £60,000 – £64,999 | 5 | 5 |
| £65,000 – £69,999 | 3 | 7 |
| £70,000 – £74,999 | 6 | 4 |
| £75,000 – £79,999 | 4 | 2 |
| £80,000 – £84,999 | – | 1 |
| £85,000 – £89,999 | 1 | 1 |
| £90,000 – £99,999 | 1 | – |
| 57 | 36 |
Remuneration is all amounts receivable by an employee, including expenses and allowances chargeable to tax and the estimated money value of any other benefits received. The increase in employee numbers within the first two bandings in 2022/23 is due to both the impact of the 7% pay increase awarded to Firefighters’ with effect from 1st July 2022 alongside payments made in year to staff providing vacancy cover and working within the operational staffing reserve.
Gender Pay Gap
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Gender Pay Gap Report As at snapshot date 31st March 2023
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Gender Pay Gap Report – 31 March 2022
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Gender Pay Gap
Updated 17 June 2024