Question follow-through · 118426
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether bereavement cases where a civil servant retired on ill health grounds prior to death are being prioritised in addressing the Civil Service Pensions Scheme backlog; and what steps he is taking to ensure t
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
- 5 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether bereavement cases where a civil servant retired on ill health grounds prior to death are being prioritised in addressing the Civil Service Pensions Scheme backlog; and what steps he is taking to ensure t
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 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 delays faced by pension scheme members in accessing their pensions are unacceptable. We recognise the sign...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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