Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to set public sector pay at the real terms value of that pay in January 2020.

Pay for most frontline workforces is set through an independent Pay Review Body process. These independent bodies consider a range of evidence when forming their recommendations, including the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified people; the financial circumstances of government; the Government’s policies for improving public services; and the government’s inflation target.

The Government recognises that public sector workers play a vital role in the running of our economy and in delivering world-class public services. That’s why, the Government accepted the headline 2023/24 pay recommendations of the independent Pay Review Bodies (PRBs) in full. For most workforces, accepting these recommendations has delivered the highest pay uplifts for their respective workforce in three decades.