September 15, 2025 | Finance and Procurement , Finance
Request Number: FOI/15209
Category: Finance and Procurement - Finance
Subject: Overtime Payments made to staff during Riots
Request and Answer:
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does hold the information you have requested to which your request relates. The decision has been taken to disclose the following.
Request
Under the freedom of information act can the PSNI please release the total amount of overtime payment made to staff during race-related riots in Ballymena, Larne and Portadown during June 2025? Could this also please be broken down by officer rank?
Clarification
Could you please confirm this is for Police officers as opposed to Police staff or both?
Clarification received
Could this information please be broken down for both police staff and officers?
Answer
£2.9m for Officers - £2.2m for Constables and £0.7m for Sergeants.
£35,000 for staff, breakdown for staff grades are as follows;
- G6 - £2,000
- G7 - £1,000
- DP - £1,000
- SO - £6,000
- EO1 - £9,000
- EO2 - £13,000
- ASO - £3,000