Helen Whately

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was between a Universal Credit claim being made and first payment being issued in each month since 5 July 2024.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit overpayments arising from official error were identified in each month since 5 July 2024.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit awards were made with an Alternative Payment Arrangement in each month since 5 July 2024.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people recruited by his Department were aged 16 to 24 in each calendar quarter since 1 January 2023.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in fees and expenses to external members appointed to the Timms Review.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the expenditure on the Milburn Review into youth inactivity has been.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the expenditure on the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment is, including payments to external contractors and panel members.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Habitual Residence Test

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claims failed the Habitual Residence Test in each month since 1 July 2024.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit awards were made following the application of an exception to a No Recourse to Public Funds condition in each of the last three years.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was between the date refugee status was first recorded and first payment for Universal Credit claimants with refugee status in 2025.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants were recorded as non-UK nationals in each month since 1 July 2024.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the amount paid in Universal Credit to claimants recorded as non-UK nationals by month since 1 July 2024.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Departmental employees are in the UK on a visa, by their visa status.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has used international examples of reforms to (a) sickness and (b) disability benefits to help inform his policies.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Family Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the benefits system on family planning.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assess the suitability of people for each job under the Youth Guarantee.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the quality of jobs available under the Youth Guarantee.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of positions funded under the Youth Guarantee that would anyway have been created by the private sector.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Youth Guarantee on the jobs market.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobs under the Youth Guarantee will be fully funded by his Department; and for how long those jobs will be fully funded.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure job placements are carried out fully under the Youth Guarantee.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2025 to Question 96708 on Access to Work Programme, what the salary bands are of people on the Access to Work scheme who are receiving payments per customer of (a) £4

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 96708, what practical support is given to people receiving a) £40,000 - £49,999, b) £50,000 - £59,999, c) £60,000 - £69,999 and d) above £70,000.paym

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 55,000 Jobs Guarantee placements will go to each of the six specified regions.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Department will provide a list of employers who will provide the additional work experience placements and additional bespoke training opportunities announced on December 8 2025.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Department will provide a projection of how many people will gain (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment after their placement on the Youth Guarantee scheme.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has been made of the potential impact of the (a) the Youth Guarantee and (b) the Government’s new scheme for under-25s on the workload of employers.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many small and medium-sized businesses he has engaged with as part of the Government’s new scheme for under-25s.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Small Businesses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, will he provide an estimate for the number of people who will take up apprenticeship training at small and medium-sized businesses under the Government’s new scheme for under-25s.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, will claimants who reject a placement under the Youth Guarantee scheme retain access to benefits.