Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of projected savings in his Department arising from the imposition of civilian pay restraint in the 2015-16 financial year and each of the next five such years.

The estimated Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian paybill saving in 2015-16 from pay restraint is £10 million.

The Summer Budget confirmed that the Government would fund public sector pay awards at 1% for four years from 2016-17 onwards.

The estimated saving for MOD civilians from this pay restraint is £254 million over the next five years as detailed below.