{"value":{"id":1490476,"memberId":4007,"member":null,"memberRole":"Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor","uin":"HCWS234","dateMade":"2022-07-19T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","title":"Judicial Update","text":"<p>I am today announcing the Government’s decision on pay for the judiciary.</p><p>The Government received the Senior Salary Review Body’s (SSRB) report on 28 June 2022. This will be presented to Parliament and published on Gov.uk.</p><p>The Government values the independent expertise and insight of the SSRB and has considered the advice in the report.</p><p>The recommendation made by the SSRB for the judiciary is for a pay award of 3.5% for all judicial office holders within the remit group for 2022/23, applied equally to all salary groups.</p><p>I intend to reject the SSRB’s recommendation and propose a 3% pay award for all judicial office holders within the remit group for 2022/23. This ensures that the judiciary are not receiving a pay award in excess of what is on offer to court staff and senior civil servants.</p><p>This increase, together with the Government delivering on its commitment to introduce a new Judicial Pension Scheme, demonstrates the value the Government places on our independent judiciary.<br></p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":20,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1490484,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2022-07-19T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1490476","method":"GET"}]}