Humberside Police Chief Constable gets two year contract extension and 10% pay rise

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Dear Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner,

Quoted from Hull Daily Mail article, 20 May 2019
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hul...

(Humberside Police chief Lee Freeman gets two-year contract extension and pay rise)

"A recent Her Majesty's Inspectorate report rated the force as 'good' across all areas of inspection for the first time in its history."

"The recent HMICFRS inspection report also clearly shows the achievements made and that there is potential to improve even further due to the changes instituted by Lee and his team"

Recent events clearly show that government inspectorate reports are not representative of an organisation's actual standards (see the Independent) "NHS and care regulator missed care home abuse of vulnerable patients on multiple occasions"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/healt...

"Whorlton Hall was still rated “good” following an inspection into whistleblowing concerns by the [Care Quality Commission] in March 2018. Staff also visited the following July and this April – less than a month before the footage was broadcast"

How much weight did the recent Her Majesty's Inspectorate report carry in respect of the Police and Crime Commissioner's decision to extend the Chief Constable's contract by two years and hand out a ten per cent salary increase?

Yours faithfully,

Fatima

SPOC PCC, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner

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SPOC PCC, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner

Dear Fatima

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 30 May 2019 regarding the Police and Crime Commissioner’s decision to extend the Chief Constable’s contract by two years with a ten percent salary increase.

The rationale for the Commissioner’s decision is clearly articulated on our website and can be found here https://live-pcc-humberside.cloud.conten...

I hope you find this information useful. If you think we have not supplied information in accordance with our Publication Scheme or under general rights of access then you have the right to ask for an internal review. Any request for an internal review should be made within 30 days and addressed to:

Rachel Cook
Chief Executive
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside
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Dear SPOC PCC,

Thank you for providing a link to the published article. I would say that a reasonable amount of weight was given to the recent Her Majesty's Inspectorate report in determining the Commissioner's decision.

I am disappointed that the Commissioner, who is elected to carry out his duty in the interest of the public, allows important decisions to be clouded by clearly meaningless performance figures produced by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary rather than taking into account feedback which reflects reality from those he represents.

Yours sincerely,

Fatima

SPOC PCC, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner

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for Humberside, Keith Hunter.  This is an automatic response acknowledging
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