Written questions

Workplace Pensions

Commons · Question 81034 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of defined benefit pension schemes for public sector workers on the public purse; and whether she plans to review the balance between defined benefit a

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 20 Oct 2025

In line with the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission’s report in 2011, the Government’s central measure of the affordability of public service pensions is long-term public service pension spending as a share of GDP. In its Fiscal Risk and Susta...