Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2022 to Question 138173, on General Practitioners: Pensions, whether the (a) report undertaken by NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) into the performance of Primary Care Support England (PCSE), delivered by Capita, in respect of Capita's contract to deliver the administration of NHS pension records and (b) findings from task and finish groups established by NHSEI to consider the performance of PCSE’s administration of the NHS Pension Scheme have been discussed at the monthly governance board in place to monitor and assure the delivery of PCSE’s service; and if he will make a statement.

The NHS Business Services Authority is the scheme manager for NHS Pensions, with NHS England and NHS Improvement acting as the host board for general practitioners (GPs) and holding responsibility for the local pension administration for GPs, provided through the Primary Care Support England (PCSE) contract.

NHS England and NHS Improvement and the NHS Business Services Authority routinely meet with PCSE monthly to discuss and consider the performance of the pension administration service, operational priorities and changes which will impact on pension administration. The task and finish group oversees developments and improvements to the service and provides updates to NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Pensions Governance Board.