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<div style="background:#eef3fb;color:#303846;border:1px solid #c9d7ee;border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 18px"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#171d29">Checked 6 November 2026.</strong> Pay points use the 3.5% award from 1 September 2026 (written statement of 15 July 2026) on the pay points in effect from 1 September 2025 (PRRB Report 2026). The award is normally reviewed every year, and the inspector pay structure itself is under discussion; tax, National Insurance and pension rates are for 2026/27. Re-check after each September award and each April.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">A police inspector in England and Wales earns <strong>£66,000</strong> on pay point 0, rising to <strong>£71,396</strong> on pay point 3, from 1 September 2026. Inspectors in the Metropolitan Police Service and the City of London Police have their own scale, <strong>£68,788</strong> to <strong>£74,206</strong>, and London Weighting on top. These figures include the 3.5% award the Home Secretary announced on 15 July 2026.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">This guide sets out both inspector scales, an estimate of take-home pay at every point, the allowances inspectors can get (and the overtime they cannot), what you are paid as a temporary inspector, and how much a sergeant gains in each year after promotion. The figures are for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland set police pay separately.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">ProSyllabus is an independent study site. It is not part of the Home Office, the College of Policing, the Police Federation or any police force. Pay figures come from the official sources listed at the end; take-home figures are our own estimates.</p>

<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:18px 0"><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">£66,000</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">inspector pay point 0, outside London, from 1 Sep 2026</div></div><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">£71,396</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">inspector pay point 3 (top), outside London</div></div><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">£3,612</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">estimated take-home a month at pay point 0</div></div><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">£74,206</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">London inspector pay point 3, before London Weighting</div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;margin:-8px 0 18px">PRRB Report 2026 and written statement HCWS264; 1 Sep 2026 figures and take-home are our arithmetic. Checked 6 Nov 2026.</p>

Police inspector pay scale 2026/27 (England and Wales)

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The 1 September 2025 figures are the official pay points in the PRRB's 2026 report. The 1 September 2026 figures are those points increased by 3.5% and rounded to the nearest pound (our arithmetic); the Police Federation publishes the same figures. The London scale applies only to inspectors in the Metropolitan Police Service and the City of London Police (Annex F, Part 4); every other force in England and Wales uses the national scale. The last column is the PRRB's count of where inspectors in England and Wales sat in March 2025 (Table 3.2): just over half were already at the top point.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Under Annex F to the Police Regulations 2003 you move up one point a year on the anniversary of your promotion, provided you meet the Pay Progression Standard (an annual performance and development review, no ongoing formal action under Stages 1 to 3 of the Unsatisfactory Performance or Attendance Procedures, any training your chief officer requires for it (no more than two priorities) and, if you manage others, completing the reviews and decisions due for your team). Pay point 3 is reached three years after promotion at pay point 0. A temporary promotion does not reset your increment date.</p>

Police inspector take-home pay (estimate)

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Our estimate for 2026/27 at the annual rate from 1 September 2026: basic pay only (no allowances, London Weighting or other payments); tax code 1257L with England and Wales Income Tax bands (Scotland differs); employee National Insurance category A; full police pension (2015 scheme) contributions at 13.88% of basic pay, the rate from 1 April 2026 when your pensionable pay in the previous scheme year was above £37,035 and below £79,588 (your own tier may differ), taken from pay before Income Tax; no student loan or other deductions. Your payslip will differ.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Every inspector pay point sits above £50,270, so even after the pension contribution comes off before tax, part of an inspector's pay is taxed at 40%. On these assumptions, each extra pound of basic pay at inspector level leaves you about 50p: 13.88p goes to the pension, 34.4p to Income Tax (40% of what is left after the pension) and 2p to National Insurance. That is why a pay rise looks smaller on the payslip than on the scale. The pension contribution is not lost money in the same way as tax: it builds your police pension.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0" id="insp-pay"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Estimate an inspector's take-home pay</h3><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.6">Pick a pay point. If you serve in the Metropolitan Police Service or the City of London Police, tick London Weighting. Add any allowances you expect in a year if you want to see them taxed too. The tool takes off the police pension contribution, Income Tax and National Insurance at 2026/27 rates and compares the result with a sergeant on pay point 4.</p><label style="display:block;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:#5b6472;margin:0 0 12px">Rank and pay point (from 1 September 2026)<select id="insp-pay-p" style="width:100%;max-width:100%;padding:8px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:16px;margin-top:4px"><option value="s4">Sergeant, pay point 4: £58,175</option><option value="i0" selected>Inspector, pay point 0: £66,000</option><option value="i1">Inspector, pay point 1: £67,798</option><option value="i2">Inspector, pay point 2: £69,589</option><option value="i3">Inspector, pay point 3: £71,396</option><option value="l0">Inspector (London), pay point 0: £68,788</option><option value="l1">Inspector (London), pay point 1: £70,589</option><option value="l2">Inspector (London), pay point 2: £72,402</option><option value="l3">Inspector (London), pay point 3: £74,206</option></select></label><label style="display:block;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:#5b6472;margin:0 0 12px"><input id="insp-pay-lw" type="checkbox" style="margin-right:6px">Add London Weighting (about £3,260 a year; Met and City of London only)</label><label style="display:block;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:#5b6472;margin:0 0 12px">Other allowances a year, before tax (optional)<br><input id="insp-pay-x" type="number" min="0" max="25000" step="100" value="0" style="width:140px;max-width:100%;padding:8px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:16px;margin-top:4px"></label><p id="insp-pay-out" style="margin:0;padding:12px 14px;background:#ecf7ef;border-radius:10px;line-height:1.6">£43,341 a year, about £3,612 a month (pay £66,000, pension £9,161, Income Tax £10,168, National Insurance £3,331).</p><p id="insp-pay-cmp" style="margin:10px 0 0;line-height:1.6;color:#303846">£3,921 a year more take-home than a sergeant on pay point 4 with no overtime (£327 a month).</p><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Our estimate for 2026/27 at the annual rate from 1 September 2026: basic pay only (no allowances, London Weighting or other payments); tax code 1257L with England and Wales Income Tax bands (Scotland differs); employee National Insurance category A; full police pension (2015 scheme) contributions at 13.88% of basic pay, the rate from 1 April 2026 when your pensionable pay in the previous scheme year was above £37,035 and below £79,588 (your own tier may differ), taken from pay before Income Tax; no student loan or other deductions. Your payslip will differ. London Weighting and anything you add (up to £25,000 a year in this tool) are taxed and charged National Insurance, and are not treated as pensionable here; whether a payment is pensionable depends on its type, so check with your force.</p><script>(function(){var S={"s4":58175,"i0":66000,"i1":67798,"i2":69589,"i3":71396,"l0":68788,"l1":70589,"l2":72402,"l3":74206},B=S.s4,LW=3260,p=document.getElementById('insp-pay-p'),w=document.getElementById('insp-pay-lw'),x=document.getElementById('insp-pay-x'),o=document.getElementById('insp-pay-out'),c=document.getElementById('insp-pay-cmp');if(!p||!o)return;function f(n){return '\u00a3'+Math.round(n).toLocaleString('en-GB');}function e(g,extra){var pen=g*0.1388,gross=g+extra,t=gross-pen,tax=0.2*Math.min(Math.max(t-12570,0),37700)+0.4*Math.max(t-50270,0),ni=0.08*(Math.min(gross,50270)-12570)+0.02*Math.max(gross-50270,0);return {g:gross,pen:pen,tax:tax,ni:ni,net:gross-pen-tax-ni};}function up(){var g=S[p.value],extra=Math.max(0,Math.min(25000,Number(x.value)||0))+(w&&w.checked?LW:0),r=e(g,extra),b=e(B,0);o.textContent=f(r.net)+' a year, about '+f(r.net/12)+' a month (pay '+f(r.g)+', pension '+f(r.pen)+', Income Tax '+f(r.tax)+', National Insurance '+f(r.ni)+').';var d=Math.round(r.net)-Math.round(b.net);c.textContent=d===0?'Same as a sergeant on pay point 4 with no overtime.':(d>0?f(d)+' a year more':f(-d)+' a year less')+' take-home than a sergeant on pay point 4 with no overtime ('+f(Math.abs(d)/12)+' a month).';}p.addEventListener('change',up);x.addEventListener('input',up);if(w)w.addEventListener('change',up);up();})();</script></div>

London Weighting and other inspector allowances

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7"><strong>London Weighting</strong> is added to the annual pay of officers in the Metropolitan Police Service and the City of London Police only (Annex F, Part 10). The written statement raised it by 3.5% from 1 September 2026. The PRRB's report prints £3,273 a year as the value at the 3.9% it recommended; at the 3.5% actually awarded that comes to about <strong>£3,260</strong> a year (our arithmetic, from the £3,150 rate it implies for 2025). So a London inspector on pay point 3 gets about £77,466 a year before tax, before any London Allowance.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The PRRB put the position plainly in its 2026 report: "although the inspecting ranks are not eligible for overtime, they are eligible for the Unsocial Hours Allowance. However, the median value of these payments is much lower than for constables and sergeants." The take-home estimates in this guide leave all of these payments out; use the tool above to add the ones you expect.</p>

Is an inspector paid more than a sergeant?

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Yes on basic pay, at every point. The table compares a sergeant at the top of the scale (pay point 4, £58,175, where 75% of sergeants were in March 2025) with each inspector point outside London. The last row adds the median sergeant overtime of £3,777 (2024/25), taxed but not treated as pensionable. For sergeant pay points 2 and 3 and sergeant take-home pay in full, see our <a href="/hub/police-sergeant-salary" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">police sergeant salary guide</a>.</p>

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Estimated take-home pay a year, from 1 September 2026 (our arithmetic)</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Sergeant pay point 4</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">£39,420</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:78.8%;height:12px;background:#8a8f99;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Sergeant pay point 4 + £3,777 overtime</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">£41,645</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:83.3%;height:12px;background:#b7791f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Inspector, pay point 0</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">£43,341</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:86.7%;height:12px;background:#255a45;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Inspector, pay point 1</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">£44,234</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:88.5%;height:12px;background:#255a45;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Inspector, pay point 2</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">£45,124</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:90.2%;height:12px;background:#255a45;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Inspector, pay point 3</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">£46,021</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:92.0%;height:12px;background:#255a45;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Outside London; pension, Income Tax and National Insurance at 2026/27 rates. Overtime is the median among sergeants paid it (PRRB Table E.3).</p></figure>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">So a newly promoted inspector on pay point 0 takes home about £3,921 a year more than a sergeant on pay point 4 who works no paid overtime, but only about £1,696 more than one who earns the median overtime. The gap widens each year as you climb the inspector scale. The NPCC told the PRRB there was evidence that inspectors' pay "stagnated for the first two years in rank" and that "some sergeants could earn more than newly promoted inspectors" (PRRB report, para 2.72).</p>

Where a new inspector starts on the scale

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Annex F, Part 1 says your pay on promotion must be higher than you would have received without the promotion, and not less than the point in the new rank immediately above that pay. A sergeant on any point is below £66,000, so the minimum is inspector pay point 0 (£68,788 in the Met and City of London).</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Not yet. In evidence to the PRRB for 2026, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) proposed removing pay point 0, so that inspectors would progress through a three-point scale instead of four, at an estimated cost of £2.8 million a year and with full transition by April 2027. The PRRB said it would not comment on proposals to reform base pay until it could consider them alongside the police workforce strategy, and the Home Office said it needed clearer costs and benefits. The award from 1 September 2026 applies to all four inspector points, including pay point 0. The PRRB also said any review should test whether separate London scales for inspectors and chief inspectors are still justified.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">On the NPPF route, Step Four is at least 12 months as a temporary inspector before you can be made substantive (see <a href="/hub/how-to-become-a-police-inspector" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">how to become a police inspector</a> for the full route). Officers can also act up into the rank for shorter periods. The PRRB's 2026 report describes the current rules:</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Acting up: according to the Police Federation's evidence, the Acting Up Allowance is paid only after a 10-day qualifying period each year, and is capped at 46 days, after which the officer moves to a temporary salary equivalent to what they would be paid on promotion (PRRB para 4.91).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Planned longer periods: where a force expects at the outset, and confirms in writing in advance, that the time in the higher rank will exceed 56 days, the officer should be temporarily promoted at that point, and the 10-day qualifying period does not apply (NPCC evidence on the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding, PRRB para 4.90).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Pension: the Police Federation told the PRRB that officers cannot currently pay pension contributions on acting-up pay during the first 56 days.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Increments: a temporary promotion does not reset your sergeant increment date (Annex F, Part 1BA).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">What may change: the PRRB says it intends to recommend in 2027 that the Acting Up Allowance be abolished and that officers receive temporary salary from day one of acting up.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">PRRB Report 2026, paragraphs 4.90 to 4.96; Annex F. Ask your force or Federation representative how your own period is being paid.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Example 1: the first four years after promotion, outside London</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Year 1: Inspector, pay point 0, £66,000 basic pay, about £43,341 take-home: £3,921 more than a sergeant on pay point 4 with no overtime.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Year 2: Inspector, pay point 1, £67,798 basic pay, about £44,234 take-home: £4,814 more than a sergeant on pay point 4 with no overtime.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Year 3: Inspector, pay point 2, £69,589 basic pay, about £45,124 take-home: £5,704 more than a sergeant on pay point 4 with no overtime.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Year 4: Inspector, pay point 3, £71,396 basic pay, about £46,021 take-home: £6,601 more than a sergeant on pay point 4 with no overtime.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Over the four years that adds up to about £21,040 more take-home, at the pay and tax rates used here and assuming each annual increment is confirmed under the Pay Progression Standard. Against a sergeant earning the median overtime every year, it is about £12,140.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Our arithmetic on the 1 September 2026 pay points and 2026/27 tax rates, held flat (future awards are not known); Annex F, Parts 1 and 1BA.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Example 2: an inspector on pay point 3 is promoted to chief inspector</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Chief inspectors join at pay point 1 unless the chief officer assigns a higher point (Annex F, Part 5). Outside London that is £72,806; the scale tops out at £75,709 (London: £75,619 to £78,510).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">From inspector pay point 3 (£71,396) the rise is £1,410 in basic pay, about £701 a year take-home (£58 a month).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">The next step up is much smaller than the step from sergeant. The NPCC proposed an additional uplift to all three chief inspector pay points in its 2026 evidence; no uplift beyond the general 3.5% award was made in 2026.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Our arithmetic on the 1 September 2026 pay points and 2026/27 tax rates; Annex F, Part 5; PRRB Report 2026, para 2.74.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">For a sergeant in England and Wales, the route to an inspector's pay is the National Police Promotion Framework (NPPF). Step Two is the inspectors' legal exam run by the College of Policing: 150 multiple-choice questions in three hours, scored on 140, with a 65% pass mark (91 correct). The next sittings are 11 to 13 May 2027 and 2 to 4 November 2027. A pass does not by itself bring a promotion or a pay rise: your force runs Steps Three and Four. Read our <a href="/hub/nppf-inspectors-exam-format-syllabus-dates" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">inspectors' exam format, syllabus and dates guide</a> for the paper in full.</p>

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<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">This guide covers England and Wales only. In Scotland, police officers' pay is negotiated through the Police Negotiating Board for Scotland, and Scottish Income Tax bands are different, so neither the pay points nor the take-home estimates above apply. In Northern Ireland the PRRB makes a separate report on police pay, so check the figures for your own service.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Quoting last year's scale. The 3.5% award took effect on 1 September 2026; the previous points applied from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Using the London scale for every force. It applies to the Metropolitan Police Service and the City of London Police only; London Weighting is a separate payment on top.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Comparing basic pay only. Inspectors are not paid overtime, so a sergeant who earns a lot of it can match or beat a new inspector's take-home pay.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Expecting the payslip to rise by the full gap. At inspector level, on this guide's assumptions, each extra pound of basic pay leaves about 50p after pension, tax and National Insurance.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Treating a pass in the inspectors' exam as a pay rise. It is one step of the NPPF; pay changes when your force promotes you, temporarily or substantively.</li></ul></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Working towards inspector?</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.65">After NPPF Step One, the Step Two inspectors' legal exam is the next stage, and fewer than four in ten candidates passed it in May 2026 (644 of 1,739). Our NPPF Inspectors' Legal Exam Practice Test has two timed mocks of 150 questions in three hours, marked against the 65% pass mark, with every answer explained from the Act or Code of Practice it rests on.</p><p style="margin:0;line-height:1.65"><a href="/kits/nppf-inspectors-legal-exam-practice-test" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">See the NPPF inspectors' exam practice test</a>. Independent practice; not made or endorsed by the College of Policing.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">More in this series</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/police-sergeant-salary" style="color:#255a45">Police sergeant salary 2026/27 and the step to inspector</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/how-to-become-a-police-inspector" style="color:#255a45">How to become a police inspector: NPPF steps 1-4</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/nppf-inspectors-exam-format-syllabus-dates" style="color:#255a45">NPPF inspectors' exam 2027: format, syllabus, pass mark and dates</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/nppf-inspectors-exam-practice-questions" style="color:#255a45">NPPF inspectors' exam practice questions</a></li></ul></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Sources</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-remuneration-review-body-report-2026-england-and-wales" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GOV.UK: Police Remuneration Review Body Report 2026, England and Wales (15 July 2026): Appendix F pay points and allowances; Table 3.2 officers by pay point; Tables E.2 and E.3 allowances and overtime, FYE 2025; paragraphs 2.72 to 2.88 (inspecting ranks) and 4.86 to 4.96 (Unsocial Hours Allowance, acting up)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-07-15/hcws264" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">UK Parliament: written statement HCWS264, "Police workforce", Home Secretary, 15 July 2026 (3.5% to all ranks and pay points, London Weighting and London and South East Allowance maxima +3.5%, from 1 September 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-0032024-annex-f-and-u-police-regulations-2003" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GOV.UK: Home Office Circular 003/2024, Annex F (Pay) under the Police Regulations 2003: gain from promotion, incremental progression, inspectors' and chief inspectors' pay, London Weighting</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/267/made" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">legislation.gov.uk: The Police Pensions (Member Contributions) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/267), in force 1 April 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-thresholds-for-employers-2026-to-2027" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GOV.UK (HMRC): Rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027 (Income Tax and Class 1 National Insurance)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.uk/tax-on-your-private-pension/pension-tax-relief" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GOV.UK: Tax on your private pension contributions, tax relief (contributions taken from pay before Income Tax)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://assets.college.police.uk/s3fs-public/2026-09/nppf-step-two-legal-examinations-candidate-handbook-2027.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">College of Policing: NPPF step two legal examinations candidate handbook 2027 (PDF, September 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.college.police.uk/career-learning/taking-exams-online/nppf-step-two" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">College of Policing: "NPPF step two" page (exam and registration dates)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://assets.college.police.uk/s3fs-public/2026-05/NPPF-inspectors-results-and-analysis-overview-May-2026.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">College of Policing: NPPF inspectors' step-two legal examination, May 2026, results and analysis overview (PDF)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.gov.scot/groups/police-negotiating-board-scotland/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">gov.scot: Police Negotiating Board for Scotland (negotiates Scottish police officers' pay)</a></li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472"><strong style="color:#1f7a45">official</strong> = a document published by the conducting body. <strong style="color:#8a5300">reported</strong> = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.</p></div>

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