Julian Lewis MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

  • Outdoor Education: ApprenticesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123109More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will continue to fund the Level 5 Outdoor Learning Specialist Apprenticeship in order to allow (a) the cohort already accepted for the scheme to continue and (b) substantive consultation with the

    Answer: Over the past decade we’ve seen apprenticeship starts by those aged 16-24 fall by 40% and over half of all apprenticeship starts are now by learners aged 25 and over. At the same time, we have seen the apprenticeship offer increase to over 700 standards, ...

    Answered 13 Apr 2026

    Original Parliament record
  • Work Capability Assessment: ImmunosuppressionDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111608More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to Work Capability Assessments on severely immunocompromised people who are recovering from (a) stem cell transplants, (b)

    Answer: The Pathways to Work Green Paper outlined our plan to end the link between capacity to work and additional financial support and the binary categorisation of claimants as “can or can’t work” by abolishing the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Instead, any...

    Answered 26 Feb 2026

    Original Parliament record
  • State Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94626More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 92953 on State Retirement Pensions: Women, if he will make an estimate of the number of women born in the 1950s who have died since the publication

    Answer: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and National Records Scotland (NRS) publish annual data on deaths by sex and age group on their websites.

    Answered 1 Dec 2025

    Original Parliament record
  • State Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92953More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number women born in the 1950s who have died since the publication of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's findings (HC 638) on 21 March 2024.

    Answer: The Department has made no such assessment.

    Answered 25 Nov 2025

    Original Parliament record
  • State Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70283More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women to have died since the publication of the Government’s Response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into and Re

    Answer: The decision not to set up a compensation scheme is now subject to live litigation and the High Court has granted permission for a full hearing.

    Answered 3 Sept 2025

    Original Parliament record
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

View as listCabinet Office: 7Cabinet Office7Department for Education: 2Department for Education2Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: 5Department for Energy Security …5Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: 5Department for Environment, Foo…5Department for Work and Pensions: 5Department for Work and Pensions5Department of Health and Social Care: 18Department of Health and Social…18Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: 32Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel…32Home Office: 11Home Office11Ministry of Defence: 19Ministry of Defence19Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: 6Ministry of Housing, Communitie…6Ministry of Justice: 4Ministry of Justice4Northern Ireland Office: 2Northern Ireland Office2Treasury: 2Treasury2
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
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Cabinet Office7
Department for Education2
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero5
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs5
Department for Work and Pensions5
Department of Health and Social Care18
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office32
Home Office11
Ministry of Defence19
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government6
Ministry of Justice4
Northern Ireland Office2
Treasury2

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