Question follow-through · 1853

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his department is taking to ensure that civil servants awaiting pension payments as part of the remaining backlog do not experience financial hardship while Capita works toward the June 2026 deadline.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
15 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his department is taking to ensure that civil servants awaiting pension payments as part of the remaining backlog do not experience financial hardship while Capita works toward the June 2026 deadline.

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 May 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 q...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to accelerate resolution of McCloud remedy cases have not yet commenced and are not expected to be fully resolved until mid-2027.

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Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will take steps to ensure that members of the civil pension scheme who have depleted personal savings while waiting for McCloud remedy pension benefits to be paid are restored to their previous financial