Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions
1 Mr (Newbury): What
assessment he has made of the potential implications for his
Department's policies of the report by the Institute for Fiscal
Studies entitled How do people already out of employment fare
when the state pension age rises, published on 17 September
2025.(906001)
2 (Carshalton and
Wallington): What steps his Department is taking to assess the
effectiveness of the Access to Work scheme in helping to enable
long-term career progression for disabled people.(906002)
3 (Derby South): What
steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that
post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the
economy.(906003)
4 (Exeter): What steps he
is taking to support people with health conditions into
work.(906004)
5 Dr (Winchester): How
many people are in receipt of Carer's Allowance.(906005)
6 (Dulwich and West
Norwood): What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help
ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to
support the economy.(906006)
7 (Bathgate and
Linlithgow): What steps he is taking to support young people into
employment, education or training.(906007)
8 (Aberdeenshire North
and Moray East): What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues
to reduce the number of children in poverty.(906008)
9 (Battersea):
What steps he is taking to improve the Access to Work
scheme.(906009)
10 (Thornbury and
Yate): What steps he is taking to ensure that skills provision
meets the needs of employers.(906010)
11 (Newton Abbot):
What changes have been made to the Access to Work scheme in this
parliamentary session.(906011)
12 Dame (Llanelli): If he will take legislative
steps to ensure that companies who previously provided indexation
of pension rights accrued before April 1997 but have since
lapsed, reintroduce indexation from April 2026.(906012)
13 (North Cornwall):
What assessment he has made of trends in the level of child
poverty in Cornwall.(906013)
14 (Glasgow West):
What recent progress he has made on establishing the Youth
Guarantee trailblazer scheme.(906014)
15 (Eastbourne): What
steps his Department is taking to ensure that benefit sanctions
are proportionate when considering neurodiverse
claimants.(906015)
16 (North Shropshire):
What steps he is taking to help tackle the potential impact of
the lack of indexation on pre-1997 pensionable service in defined
benefit pension schemes on people affected.(906016)
17 (St Ives): If he
will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for low income
workers.(906017)
18 (Broadland and
Fakenham): What assessment he has made of trends in the level of
unemployment. (906018)
19 (Doncaster East and
the Isle of Axholme): What steps he is taking to improve the
Child Maintenance Service.(906019)
20 (Dewsbury and
Batley): If he will meet with representatives of the Women
Against State Pension Inequality campaign.(906020)
21 (Tiverton and
Minehead): How many pensioners have lost entitlement to Pension
Credit as a result of their calculated entitlement being short by
50p or less.(906021)
22 (Na h-Eileanan
an Iar): What steps he is taking to help reduce losses from fraud
in the benefits system.[R] (906022)
23 (South Shields): What
steps he is taking to support people with health conditions into
work.(906023)
24 (North Warwickshire
and Bedworth): What steps he is taking to support young people
into employment, education or training.(906024)
25 (York Central):
What steps he is taking with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
co-produce policy changes to mobility allowances.(906025)
At 3:15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions
T1 (Monmouthshire):
If he will make a statement on his departmental
responsibilities.(906026)
T2 Sir (Gainsborough):
(906027)
T3 (Crawley): (906028)
T4 (Cramlington and
Killingworth): (906029)
T5 (Glastonbury and
Somerton): (906030)
T6 (North Shropshire):
(906031)
T7 (Doncaster East and
the Isle of Axholme): (906032)
T8 (Kensington and
Bayswater): (906033)
T9 (Eastleigh): (906034)
T10 (Coatbridge and
Bellshill): (906035)
