Written questions

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

Commons · Question 26249 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 7 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of additional staff and other resources deployed to help resolve the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme by Capita since December 2025; and how much of that co

Answer

Answered by Sally Jameson, 7 Sep 2026

The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government. The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and this Government has taken firm action to ...