Every parliamentary written question tabled by Ian Byrne this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether he will establish a compensation scheme for Civil Service Pension Scheme members and beneficiaries affected by delayed pension payments, bereavement delays, ill-health retirement delays or financial hardship; and whether his Department is reviewing the case for bringing administration of the scheme back into the Civil Service.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to the Written Statement of 1 July 2026 on the Civil Service Pension Scheme, what commercial levers his Department is considering in response to Capita’s performance; and whether those levers include financial penalties, withholding payments, contract variation, termination or bringing administration of the scheme back in-house.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to the Written Statement of 1 July 2026 on the Civil Service Pension Scheme, whether Capita met its commitment to restore administration of the scheme to contractual levels by the end of June 2026; and what the current backlog is for (a) pension quotations, (b) pension payments, (c) bereavement cases, (d) ill-health retirement cases and (e) cases involving financial hardship.
Awaiting answer.
How much from the public purse has been spent on legal representation in public inquests and inquiries in each year between 2020 and July 2025.
For statutory inquiries, section 40 of the Inquiries Act 2005 gives the Chair the power to award funding for legal representation subject to conditions imposed by the Sponsoring Minister. Details of these costs and of the cost of an inquiry’s legal support are available on individual inquiry websites. The Cabinet Office does not keep centralised records of expenditure on legal representation in public inquiries and inquests.
What recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a UK-EU youth mobility scheme.
The Government set out clear priorities for the reset with the EU in the manifesto. There are no plans for a Youth Mobility Scheme.