Purpose

The GMCA has responsibility under The Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2020 for the attendance at PATs of a PAT Chair and an IPM and for their subsequent renumeration.

PAT Chairs are appointed from a list of legally qualified individuals maintained by the Home Office. IPMs are appointed from a list of laypersons maintained by the Northwest Region’s. No IPM will be appointed to a PAT if they have already heard the same case at a misconduct hearing.

Decision

GMCA approves a funding envelope of £25,000 to renumerate Police Appeal Tribunal (PAT) Chairs and Independent Panel Members (IPMs) appointed to sit on the panel for PATs taking place in the financial year 2026-2027. £25,000 is an estimate of the total costs based on the costings from previous years.

The £25,000.00 funding envelope will cover:

• Daily fee (£511.56 for PAT Chairs & £357.00 for IPMs)
• Preparation & report writing (£85.00 per hour for PAT Chairs & £25.00 per hour for IPMs)
• Travel expenses/mileage
• Overnight Accommodation
• Subsistence
• Any other expenses

In the financial year 2025-2026, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority renumerated PAT Chairs and IPMs a total of c.£2,500.00 and in 2024-2025 c.£15,000.00. An additional contingency has been added to this for 2026-2027 as PAT Chairs are currently not taking on new cases meaning that cases that would have concluded in the previous financial year will conclude in 2026-2027.