About us
The Office for the Pay Review Bodies provides an independent secretariat to 8 Pay Review Bodies which make recommendations impacting 2.5 million workers – around 45% of public sector staff – and a pay bill of £100 billion.
We provide an independent secretariat to:
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Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (AFPRB)
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NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB)
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Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB)
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School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB)
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Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB)
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Who we are
OPRB is staffed by around 30 civil servants organised into:
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secretariat teams, which support each of the bodies by co-ordinating and managing research and consultancy projects
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a Central Support Unit
The OPRB senior management team includes:
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David Fry (OPRB Director)
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Abbie Lloyd (NHSPRB, DDRB, NCARRB and PRRB)
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Robin Webb (SSRB)
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Caitriona Byrne and Jo Israel (Jobshare) (STRB and SSRB Major Review of the Judicial Salary Structure)
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Mike Batley (Chief Economist, AFPRB and PSPRB)
Responsibilities
We are responsible for:
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obtaining timely, high quality evidence and providing research, analysis and advice to inform review bodies’ decisions and to underpin their recommendations
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enabling the review bodies to deliver their reports to the timescale and process required and in accordance with their individual terms of reference and remits - in particular through providing high quality secretariat services and through managing relationships with all parties to the process
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managing OPRB resources effectively with particular emphasis on flexible organisation and ways of working, project management and meeting any budgetary and/or headcount reductions agreed with DBT.
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