Question follow-through · 16780

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Hardship Fund to all members eligible to receive civil service pensions.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
9 Jul 2026
Answer
17 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Hardship Fund to all members eligible to receive civil service pensions.

  2. 9 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jul 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 b...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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