Question follow-through · 2868
Public Sector: Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the differences in percentage pay increases between different public sector staff like prison staff, probation officers, nurses, doctors etc.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 26 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the differences in percentage pay increases between different public sector staff like prison staff, probation officers, nurses, doctors etc.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 May 2026
Answer published
The Government hugely values the vital contribution that over 6 million public sector workers make across the UK, delivering the essential public services we all rely on. Pay for most frontline workforces, including nurses, teachers, armed forces and poli...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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