Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support his Department provides to staff in his Department (a) in their transition to retirement and (b) to (i) maintain and (ii) increase the physical and mental wellbeing staff planning for retirement.

The Cabinet Office has a retirement policy on how employees should prepare for
retirement. It also provides pensions awareness sessions, supported by a member help
centre which is run by MyCSP, and plans to run financial education sessions in November
2019

The Cabinet Office wellbeing action plan enables support for all staff, including those near
retirement. A number of key initiatives which support people transitioning to retirement
include: running leadership wellbeing training for all Senior Civil Servants, updating line
manager training to ensure wellbeing is included in all conversations, embedding wellbeing
into the Senior Civil Service leadership objective and including wellbeing in performance
management monthly conversation tools

There are a number of support services available in Cabinet Office that provide support or
advice to all employees, and would be of benefit to those nearing retirement. These
include the Cabinet Office alumni network, the Cabinet Office listening service and the
employee assistance programme

Civil Service Learning also offers learning opportunities for all Civil Servants planning for
retirement, including a day-long workshop on this subject.