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Public Sector: Pay

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 105534

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78296 on Public Sector: Pay, which departments or public bodies had senior pay cases rejected outright.

Answered by James Murray

Between July 2024 and October 2025, three cases were rejected through the senior pay approvals process. Individual salaries of senior civil servants are available through the annual reports and accounts of their employing body.

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