Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the confidence of (a) employer and (b) employee representatives in the public sector pay review body process.

The Pay Review Body (PRB) process has operated for over four decades. It is a neutral process in which all parties play a role. Last year, this process resulted in the highest uplifts for public sector workers in over twenty years.

The Government continues to appreciate and value the independent advice of the PRBs.

The Government will consider the PRB reports for the 2023/24 pay year and awards will be announced in due course once the Government responds to the reports in the normal way.