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 鈥� around 45% of public sector staff 鈥� and a pay bill of 拢100 billion.

We provide an independent secretariat to:听

Read an introduction to pay review bodies听

Who we are听

OPRB is staffed by around 30 civil servants organised into:听

  • secretariat teams, which support each of the bodies by co-ordinating and managing research and consultancy projects听

  • a Central Support Unit听听

The OPRB senior management team includes:听

  • David Fry (OPRB Director)听

  • Abbie Lloyd (NHSPRB, DDRB, NCARRB and PRRB)听

  • Robin Webb听 (SSRB)

  • Caitriona Byrne and Jo Israel (Jobshare) (STRB and SSRB Major Review of the Judicial Salary Structure)

  • Mike Batley (Chief Economist, AFPRB and PSPRB)听

Responsibilities听

We are responsible for:听

  • obtaining timely, high quality evidence and providing research, analysis and advice to inform review bodies鈥� decisions and to underpin their recommendations听

  • 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听

  • 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.听

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