Question to the HM Treasury:

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.

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 assumptions on the size of the public sector workforce.