Question follow-through · 4231

Government Departments: Capita

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the suitability and capability of Capita to deliver the Capita Synergy contract on time and on budget and meet the Key Performance Indicators.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 29 May 2026
Target answer date: 2 Jun 2026
Answer: 10 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the suitability and capability of Capita to deliver the Capita Synergy contract on time and on budget and meet the Key Performance Indicators.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2026
Answer published
The award of the contract followed a robust, two-year commercial procurement process, undertaken in compliance with Government procurement regulations and informed by specialist expertise from across the four participating departments. The process balance...

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