Area Rate
[An example of how the key metrics used to determine the Unavailability Deduction is calculated is provided as follows. This is based on the assumption that all areas require a 2 hour rectification with a potential maximum of 12 Deduction Periods per day (Based on a 24/7 requirement)
Areas with a Weighting Factor of | Areas with a Weighting Factor of | Areas with a Weighting Factor of | Areas with a Weighting Factor of | Total Areas | ||||
Weighting Factor per Area (WF) | 30 | 20 | 15 | 10 | ||||
Station 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 125 | ||
Station 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 95 | ||
Station 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 105 | ||
Station 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 125 | ||
Station 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 95 | ||
Station 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 105 | ||
Station 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 125 | ||
Station 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 125 | ||
Station 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 125 | ||
Station 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 125 | ||
Total Area Weighting Factor | 540 | 360 | 150 | 100 | 1,150 | |||
365 days * 12 blocks per day / 2 | 2,190 | 2,190 | 2,190 | 2,190 | ||||
1,182,600 | 788,400 | 328,500 | 219,000 | 2,518,500 | ||||
Unitary Payment (Annual) (AP) | 47% | 31% | 13% | 9% | £5,000,000 | |||
Area Rate (AR) | £2.0 | |||||||
If an Area with a Weighting Factor of 30 (such as a Custody Suite) is unavailable within Station 1 for 3 Deduction Periods (i.e. 6 hours being 3 deduction periods based on 2 hr rectifications) the deduction can be calculated as:

Where:

The Unavailability Deduction would therefore be equal to 30 multiplied by £2 multiplied by 3, which equals £180. The deduction for Unavailability will apply each time that a rectification period relating to the same instance of Unavailability is missed. In this example one failure to rectify within a 2 hour period would have equalled a deduction of £60, once the next two hour rectification is missed the deduction increases to £120 and then once the third rectification of two hours is missed it increases as shown to £180.]