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Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 16 July 2026UIN 17749

The 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 their pension if they do not serve in Civil Service post for two years.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

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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