Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the implications for her policies on public sector pensions of raising the retirement age for prison officers.”
Tabled: 26 June 2018Answered: 2 July 2018
Asked by
Catherine West
Labour — Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)
I thank my hon. Friend for her question. She is a proud supporter of everything in the Congleton constituency. This Government are committed to regional growth, with growth in all parts of the United Kingdom. That is why the Treasury has reformed the Green Book, looking at the value for money of different projects. It is also why, in Cheshire East, where my hon. Friend’s constituency is, we have put £47 million into local transport grant funding.