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760048

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2017 to Question HL1074, if he will publish figures for the estimated differential between public and private sector pay when employer pension contributions are excluded.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	10430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Analysis conducted by HM Treasury shows that on average, when including employer pension contributions, there is a public sector pay premium of about 10%, and excluding employer pension contributions, public and private sector pay is, on average, now around the same level.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:33:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

758056

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2017 to HL1074, whether the estimates for average employer pension contributions used in the table given in that Answer were based on (a) all public sector and private sector employees or (b) public sector and private sector employees who are enrolled in a pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	9207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>This analysis was conducted by HM Treasury based on data from the ONS’s Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Further information regarding the data on which the calculation is based can be found here <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/methodologies/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashemethodologyandguidance" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/methodologies/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashemethodologyandguidance</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/09/2017 13:03:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

753928

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of comparative public and private sector pay, including the value of pensions, for the years for which this information is available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
uin	HL1074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Analysis conducted by HM Treasury shows that on average, when including employer pension contributions, there is a premium of about 10%. Details can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Pay and Employer Pension Contributions – Differential between Public and Private Sector (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>8.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>7.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>7.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>14.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>12.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>9.12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Technical notes to the table:</strong></p><p>This analysis was conducted by HM Treasury based on data from the ONS’s Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and compares public and private sector earnings when including employer pension contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The differential obtained shows the percentage hourly compensation from working in the public sector above that of the private sector after accounting for differences in composition between the two. To factor in these compositional differences, the analysis accounts for differences in age, gender, job type (full- or part-time, permanent or temporary), occupation category, region, and tenure.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2017 14:14:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

752900

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3810, on pay, whether real earnings are expected to reduce between July 2017 and 2019.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	5610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility do not produce their forecast on a monthly basis, but do publish some variables on a quarterly basis in their supplementary economy tables. Using their forecast for consumer price inflation and average earnings, the level of real earnings is expected to rise by 1.6% from 2017 Q2 to 2019 Q4.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to support incomes. This includes increasing the National Living Wage, raising the personal allowance and freezing fuel duty.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/07/2017 13:30:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

751213

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has commissioned research into the effect of wage stagnation on household incomes throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	4472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimate that total pay increased by 1.8% on the year in the three months to May. In their Spring Budget Forecast, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) also expected wages to increase in each year of their forecast.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to support incomes. This includes increasing the National Living Wage, raising the personal allowance and freezing fuel duty.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/07/2017 14:30:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

750906

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle wage stagnation.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	4352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), total pay increased by 1.8% on the year in the three months to May. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) also expect wages to increase in each year of their forecast.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to support wages. Introduced in April 2016, the National Living Wage has benefitted around 1.7 million low paid workers and delivered the fastest wage growth for the lowest paid in 20 years. Furthermore, the Government has boosted take home pay with increases to personal allowance, where 1.3 million individuals will be taken out of income tax this year.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/07/2017 10:59:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

750013

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has mad of the change in the level of real-terms pay for the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	3810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s Spring Budget 2017 forecast was for nominal wage growth to increase in each year of the forecast. Inflation is expected to weigh on real earnings growth in the near term, before returning to 2.0% from 2019 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to support incomes. The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) has benefitted around 1.7 million low paid workers and delivered the fastest wage growth for the lowest paid in 20 years. Further increases to the NLW in April this year have delivered an additional increase in earnings of over £500 a year for a full-time worker.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/07/2017 15:49:38 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

746950

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to tackle wage stagnation among young people and low wage earners.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The government introduced the National Living Wage in April 2016, which benefitted around 1.7 million low paid workers and delivered the fastest wage growth for the lowest paid in 20 years. Furthermore, the government has boosted take home pay with increases to personal allowance, where 1.3 million individuals will be taken out of income tax this year.</p><p> </p><p>The government is also investing in young people, through expanding the apprenticeship programme in England increasing spending on apprenticeships to £2.5bn in 2019-20. Budget 2017 also announced an additional £500m to be invested each year in England’s technical education system. This will help give young people the skills they need to succeed in the world of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/07/2017 13:34:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731960

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made a recent assessment of wage growth across the regions.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>In the year to 2016, earnings for an average full-time employee grew in every UK region and nation. Earnings grew fastest in the West Midlands (+3.7%), followed by the North West (+3.0%) and Wales (+2.9%).</p><p> </p><p>In April this year we increased the National Living Wage by 4.2% to £7.50. The increase is expected to directly benefit around 1.7 million workers across the UK.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/06/2017 09:38:34 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

705879

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to support wage growth.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	908967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Improving productivity is the key driver of higher real wages in the long-term, that’s why we have consistently backed business by creating the right environment for them to invest and grow. We have also taken action to ensure that workers are fairly rewarded though the National Living Wage, a pay rise for over a million workers.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/02/2017 15:25:35 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss