Written questions

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

Lords · Question HL15632 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 15 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Lord Bassam of Brighton

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on clearing the backlog of overdue pension payments for retired civil servants.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 Apr 2026

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...