Written questions

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

Commons · Question 106672 · Tabled 19 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 4 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Euan Stainbank

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the level of the gender pension gap within the civil service pension scheme.

Answer

Answered by Anna Turley, 4 Feb 2026

The gender pension gap can be measured in different ways. In order to answer this question, we have used the difference in average pension in payment for men and women, expressed as a percentage of the average pension for men. Based on the latest data ava...