Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on when the Government plans to end the public sector pay freeze.
The Government greatly values the important work that public sector workers do to deliver essential public services. I hold regular bi-laterals with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. The Summer Budget 2015 confirmed that the Government would fund public sector workforces for an average pay award of 1 per cent for the next four years.