Question follow-through · 109580
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants are awaiting their first pension payment; and what is the average length of time they have been waiting.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2026 · 55 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants are awaiting their first pension payment; and what is the average length of time they have been waiting.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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