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Key recommendations from 1 April 2013 are: the introduction of the custody prison officer and the prison officer offender supervisor pay scales as set out in Appendix D; the payment of outstanding preserved increments at 1 April 2013 and raising the minimum of the main grade officer pre-2002 pay scale to remove all unoccupied points, as set out in Appendix D; all staff in open grades (i.e. are the senior officer post-2002, custody officer and principal prisoner custody officer grades) on 1 April 2013 to receive a 1 per cent consolidated increase; the prisoner custody officer grade to receive a consolidated increase of 0.09 per hour and the senior prisoner custody officer grade to receive a consolidated increase of 0.10 per hour to take effect on 1 April 2013; staff in the closed grades (i.e. governor grades, principal officer pre-2002 and post-2002, senior officer pre-2002, main grade officer pre-2002 and post-2002, night custody officer and operational support grades) on 1 April 2013 who are at the maximum of scales on 31 March 2013 or on single pay points to receive a non-consolidated, nonpensionable payment of 1 per cent; the entry point of the prison officer offender supervisor scale to be increased by a 1 per cent consolidated increase to take effect from 1 April 2013; the parties to plan and pilot a staff survey and present the results next year.