Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI-02629, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Capita and (b) the NHS Business Services Authority on GPs’ pensions records.

Every six weeks the Department meets with NHS England, the NHS Business Services Authority, Primary Care Support England, and the British Medical Association to review general practice (GP) pensions administration, discuss the current challenges and opportunities, track progress on key priorities, and ensure a co-ordinated approach to supporting GPs to submit records as required to ensure their pension records are up to date.