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Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out if a Civil Service Pension Scheme recipient is liable for the repayment of overpayments, including where the the recipient has queried the payment with the scheme administrator, and is repeate

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out if a Civil Service Pension Scheme recipient is liable for the repayment of overpayments, including where the the recipient has queried the payment with the scheme administrator, and is repeate

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The government has a duty to recover overpaid public money to ensure the scheme remains fair and sustainable for all taxpayers. The scheme follows the HM Treasury guidance on “Managing Public Money” which requires the scheme, where possible, to recover an...

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