2020 Spending Review Public Sector Pay Policy Full Impact Assessment

At Spending Review 2020 the Chancellor announced that in order to protect jobs and ensure fairness, public sector pay will be restrained and targeted in 2021/22.

Given the unique impact of Covid-19 on our health service, Government will continue to provide for pay rises for over 1 million NHS workers. The NHS and Doctor and Dentists’ Pay Review Bodies will report as usual for 2021/22, and the Government will respond to their recommendations. The government will also prioritise the lowest paid, with public sector workers earning less than £24,000 in basic pay receiving a minimum £250 pro-rata increase. The Pay Review Bodies will advise on how this should be implemented for the relevant workforces.

A full list of Pay Review Bodies is available at the website for the Office for Manpower Economics.

This publication sets out the equalities impacts of the announced public sector pay policy, as set out to the Chancellor prior to the Spending Review.