MERSEYSIDE’S former chief constable was included on a “rich list” of top-paid civil servants and quango chiefs published yesterday.
Bernard Hogan-Howe, now the director of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, is paid between £190,000 and £194,999, the Cabinet Office revealed.
He is among 291 mandarins and officials earning more than £150,000 – more than David Cameron’s salary of £142,500.
The biggest earner was Tony Fountain, chief executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. He pockets £375,000-£380,000, as well as a £70,810 payment in lieu of pension and a £76,650 second home allowance.
Senior staff at the Olympic Delivery Authority take home some of the biggest pay packets, with its chief executive Dennis Hone, in the £310,000-£315,000 bracket and the director of construction Howard Shiplee on £285,000-£290,000.
The NHS chief executive, Sir David Nicholson, and Office of Fair Trading chief executive John Fingleton are both on salaries of £275k-£280k, the list revealed.
