§ Dr. CableTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many public sector employees are covered by index-linked pay; what their total pay has been for each year since 1997; and what it would have been if the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices had been applied. [142290]
§ Mr. BoatengPolice are the only public sector employees whose pay is index linked. Individual employers and departments are responsible for the pay arrangements of particular groups of employees.