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Department for Education: Workplace Pensions

Asked by Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 16 June 2026UIN 4393

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1246 on Department for Education: Workplace Pensions, if she will give civil servants the right to rescind applications to retire in circumstances where they have done so to receive an accurate retirement quote.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

Civil servants in the department may request to withdraw a retirement application, and such requests are always considered on a case-by-case basis. The retirement process is intended for those who are actively planning to retire, rather than for the purpose of obtaining illustrative benefit estimates.

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