Written questions

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

Commons · Question 86404 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken in the (a) processing and (b) payment of pension lump sums for teachers retiring at the end of the academic year.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 17 Nov 2025

Capita, as the Teachers’ Pension Scheme administrator, has confirmed that payments were completed on 1 September 2025, for those teachers who met the 18 August 2025 deadline for submitting their 2024/25 academic year retirement application.Applications re...