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Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 31 March 2025UIN 40540

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10701 on Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions, whether special advisers have been informed of the consequences to their pensions of leaving service before two years’ of tenure in the Alpha pension scheme.

Answered by Georgia Gould

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 published Civil Service Pension scheme resources.

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