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Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help close the gender pension gap in the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help close the gender pension gap in the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

  2. 21 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The gender pension gap can be measured in different ways. In order to answer this question, we have used the difference in average pension in payment for men and women, expressed as a percentage of the average pension for men. Based on the latest data ava...

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