Question follow-through · 106942

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the current waiting time for information on pension lump sums requested by members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
16 Apr 2026 · 86 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the current waiting time for information on pension lump sums requested by members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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