Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 118501

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

Tabled: 6 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

John McDonnell

LabourHayes and Harlington

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of compensating people who were unable to pay (a) mortgages, (b) credit card bills and (c) other household bills due to delays in payments from the Civil Servi

Answer

Satvir Kaur
The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023.The delays facing scheme members are unacceptable, and no former civil servant should face financial hardship as a result. There is a robust ...

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