Question follow-through · 108514

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Capita on its performance in delivering civil servant pensions.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
28 Jan 2026
Answer
16 Apr 2026 · 80 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Capita on its performance in delivering civil servant pensions.

  2. 28 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 ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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