Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
Commons · Question 81544 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of public sector headcount on the financial sustainability of public sector pension schemes.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 21 Oct 2025
The Government’s central measure of the affordability of public service pensions is long-term public service pension spending as a share of GDP. Public sector headcount is considered in several ways within this measure, using the OBR’s long-term assumptio...