Question follow-through · 100792

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent public sector pay settlements on trends in the level of public sector net borrowing in future financial years.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
22 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent public sector pay settlements on trends in the level of public sector net borrowing in future financial years.

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    No additional central funding has been given to Departments for the 2025/26 pay awards beyond their existing funding allocations, and this will be the case for the remainder of the Spending Review period. This means we will not be borrowing more or raisin...

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