Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to introduce a salary increase in line with inflation for (a) teachers and (b) other public sector workers.

Pay for most frontline workforces – including nurses, police officers, prison officers and teachers is set through an independent Pay Review Body process. The independent review bodies provide evidence-based advice to the government on levels of pay for their remit groups. In making recommendations, review bodies need to consider both the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified people and the financial circumstances of the government. We will be seeking full recommendations and the award for 2022/23 will be announced next year.