>> Don't they still have London Weighting and Large Town Allowances?
When I joined in 1978 there were national scales which applied on most places; there were special Departmental Scales in some specialist outliers. London Weighting was either Inner or Outer. I was mostly on the former but 'marked time' on the Inner London rate during a 15 month posting in Uxbridge.
I don't recall any other allowances for cities etc.
During the era of Derek Rayner's 'Next Steps' Agencies outfits went their own way. The Public Trust Office(PTO) had different pay & grading structures to Lord Chancellors Dept HQ. Both differed from the Court Service.
HQ's scales were broadly recognisable as EO>HEO>SEO etc. The others were different.
PTO split the HEO grade in two. Some people who's faces didn't fit were posted to the lower tier a day or tow before the new grades were announced. Broadly speaking management was favoured over casework.
Subsequent moves were closer to going back to old fashioned 'Treasury' grades.
Later MoJ adopted some level of regional pay with 'hot spot' additions to the national rates in places like Brighton or Leeds (but not Bradford!).
Not easy for posting people between offices...
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Tue 2 Aug 22 at 19:31
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