Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of government expenditure has been spent on public sector pay in each of the last five years.
The Proportion of Government Expenditure spent on public sector pay in each of the last five years is as follows:
National Statistics | £million | |||||
| 2011-12 outturn | 2012-13 outturn | 2013-14 outturn | 2014-15 outturn | 2015-16 outturn | |
Pay | 165,995 | 164,135 | 163,627 | 167,173 | 171,859 | |
Total Managed Expenditure (2) | 716,170 | 731,993 | 736,886 | 751,988 | 753,878 | |
Pay as proportion of TME | 23.18% | 22.42% | 22.21% | 22.23% | 22.80% | |
(2) This excludes the temporary effects of banks being classified to the public sector. | ||||||
Source: Public Spending Statistics May 2017 (National Statistics) |