FOI-1029-2025 / Oct 2025 / Police bonus payments
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 1029-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 15th October 2025 as follows:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I seek the following data about bonus payments:
Q1. Total amount that Warwickshire Police paid its staff in bonuses.
Q2. Total amount in bonuses paid to those in Warwickshire Police holding the following ranks: Chief Constable and Deputy Chief Constable.
Q3. Number of Warwickshire police officers who received a bonus.
Q4. Average annual bonus payment earned by Warwickshire police officers.
I want this data broken down annually for the 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25 financial years.
On 17th October 2025 a request for clarification was made to you as follows:
Please could you clarify what would be considered a bonus for the purposes of your request? There are a number of additional payments associated with roles/duties performed, which are paid in addition to basic salary; however, they are not performance related bonuses, rather a compensation for the nature of work / additional responsibility, etc.
You advised:
With respect to your question of what would be considered a bonus, I mean 'bonus' to refer to additional financial compensation given to an employee of Warwickshire Police beyond their regular salary.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Q1 response:
|
Year |
Officer Bonus |
Officer TVP* |
Staff Bonus |
Staff Honorarium |
|
2022/23 |
£86,400 |
n/a in 22/23 |
£6,350 |
£15,100 |
|
2023/24 |
£123,886 |
£254,216 |
£1,100 |
£21,507 |
|
2024/25 |
£106,063 |
£242,801 |
£2,355 |
£11,866 |
*TVP – Targeted Variable Payment
Q2 response: No bonuses have been paid to Chief Constable and Deputy Chief Constable ranks for the specified periods.
Outside the Act and to provide assistance, please be advised that senior officer remuneration can be found in the Warwickshire Police Statements of Accounts published on the force website: https://www.warwickshire.police.uk/foi-ai/warwickshire-police/what-we-spend-and-how-we-spend-it/what-we-spend-and-how-we-spend-it/ :
For 23/24 (see page 61) and for 22/23 (see page 66):
Q3 response:
|
Year |
Officer Bonus |
Officer TVP |
|
2022/23 |
176 |
n/a in 22/23 |
|
2023/24 |
208 |
305 |
|
2024/25 |
203 |
198 |
Q4 response:
|
Year |
Officer Bonus |
Officer TVP |
|
2022/23 |
491 |
n/a in 22/23 |
|
2023/24 |
596 |
833 |
|
2024/25 |
522 |
1226 |
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB