Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions
2026-07-09 · Cabinet Office · 17749 · Official question
Question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to remind special advisers of (a) their right to transfer a pension into the Civil Service Pension Scheme in the first 12 months of Civil Service tenure and (b) that they will lose
Answer
Special Advisers are provided with guidance regarding Civil Service Pension schemes during onboarding and offboarding, as well as throughout their tenure. This includes details of leaving the scheme within two years. Special Advisers are also directed to ...