Baroness Scott of Needham Market – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Scott of Needham Market on 2015-10-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they expect the cost of increasing public sector salaries to the level of the National Living Wage to be met from within the overall 1 per cent pay increase for such workers announced in the Budget.

Lord O’Neill of Gatley

At Summer Budget 2015, it was announced that the Government will fund public sector workforces for an average pay award of 1 per cent for 4 years from 2016-17.

The impact of the new National Living Wage will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures across the public sector.