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Oral questions

12 October 2026 at 2:30pm

Department for Work and Pensions

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Youth Guarantee trailblazer areas on young people's life prospects.
Labour, Peterborough
1. UIN 901444: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he is taking to help support women born in the 1950s who have been affected by State Pension changes.
Labour, Alloa and Grangemouth
2. UIN 901445: tabled on 15 September 2026
What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the rate of Statutory Paternity Pay on household financial resilience.
Labour, Congleton
3. UIN 901446: tabled on 15 September 2026
What estimate he has made of what the total welfare budget will be at the end of this Parliament.
Conservative, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
4. UIN 901447: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he is taking to support employment in rural areas.
Labour, Na h-Eileanan an Iar
5. UIN 901448: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he is taking to support young people into employment.
Labour, Uxbridge and South Ruislip
6. UIN 901449: tabled on 15 September 2026
What recent progress Alan Milburn has made on producing the final Young People and Work Report.
Labour, Gloucester
7. UIN 901450: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps his Department is taking with the beauty industry to help provide accessible routes into employment and training for young people.
Labour, Weston-super-Mare
8. UIN 901451: tabled on 15 September 2026
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring pension scheme surpluses in defined benefit schemes to be used to improve pensions for members before surplus funds can be released to sponsoring employers.
Liberal Democrat, Wokingham
9. UIN 901452: tabled on 15 September 2026
What recent progress he has made on the expansion of youth hubs. 
Labour, Falkirk
10. UIN 901453: tabled on 15 September 2026
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of parental leave in supporting mothers to return to work.
Labour, Hitchin
11. UIN 901454: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he plans to take to reform the Child Maintenance Service.
Liberal Democrat, Edinburgh West
12. UIN 901455: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he has taken to improve his Department's casework response rates.
Conservative, Huntingdon
13. UIN 901456: tabled on 15 September 2026
What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of protections for the holders of defined benefit pensions.
Liberal Democrat, Orkney and Shetland
14. UIN 901457: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he is taking to support young people into employment.
Labour, Blaydon and Consett
15. UIN 901458: tabled on 15 September 2026
What recent progress the Pensions Commission has made on its work.
Labour, East Worthing and Shoreham
16. UIN 901459: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog of cases submitted via hotlines for hon. Members.
Labour, Hampstead and Highgate
17. UIN 901460: tabled on 15 September 2026
What recent estimate he has made of the level of fraud and error in the social security system.
Conservative, Dumfries and Galloway
18. UIN 901461: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he is taking to support young people into employment.
Labour, Glasgow North East
19. UIN 901462: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he is taking to help support the establishment of youth hubs.
Labour, Wrexham
20. UIN 901463: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he is taking to support young people into employment.
Labour, Manchester Withington
21. UIN 901464: tabled on 15 September 2026
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment.
Conservative, Bromley and Biggin Hill
22. UIN 901465: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he is taking to support young people into employment.
Labour, Basingstoke
23. UIN 901466: tabled on 15 September 2026
What estimate he has made of the number of young people who are unemployed.
Liberal Democrat, Bicester and Woodstock
24. UIN 901467: tabled on 15 September 2026
What steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions receive adequate support to enter and remain in work in Forest of Dean constituency.
Labour, Forest of Dean
25. UIN 901468: tabled on 15 September 2026
Conservative, Farnham and Bordon
1. UIN 901469: tabled on 15 September 2026
Labour, Manchester Withington
2. UIN 901470: tabled on 15 September 2026
Labour, Aldershot
3. UIN 901471: tabled on 15 September 2026
Labour, Colne Valley
4. UIN 901472: tabled on 15 September 2026
Liberal Democrat, Hazel Grove
5. UIN 901473: tabled on 15 September 2026
Labour, Kensington and Bayswater
6. UIN 901474: tabled on 15 September 2026
Conservative, Chester South and Eddisbury
7. UIN 901475: tabled on 15 September 2026
Liberal Democrat, North Norfolk
8. UIN 901476: tabled on 15 September 2026
Green Party, Brighton Pavilion
9. UIN 901477: tabled on 15 September 2026
Labour, Newport East
10. UIN 901478: tabled on 15 September 2026