Written Question·Treasury·UIN 81544

Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

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

James Murray
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...

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