PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Armed Forces (12 December 2014)
Question Asked
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings to the public purse will arise from annual pay restraint and workforce reductions in the armed forces in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative)
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative)
Answer
Savings as a result of the restructuring of the Armed Forces agreed at the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review are forecast to be £1.3bn in 2014-15 and £1.4bn in 2015-16.
Savings as a result of the Government’s pay restraint policy are forecast to be £600m in 2014-15 and £700m in 2015-16. These savings are compared against a counterfactual annual pay award of 2%.
Answered by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)
22 December 2014
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