Lauren Edwards MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
State Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement UIN HCWS1044 on Pensions Update of 11 November 2025, what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs of delivering compensation in line with the Parl
Answer: As the Secretary of State set out on 11 November 2025, we are retaking the decision made in December 2024 as it relates to the communications on State Pension age. The process to retake the decision is underway and it is important that the government give...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement UIN HCWS1044 on Pensions Update of 11 November 2025, what information his Department holds on the reasons that the findings of the 2007 research report did not le
Answer: The Secretary of State announced in his oral statement of 11 November 2025 that we will retake the decision made in December 2024 as it relates to the communications on State Pension age. This was because findings from a 2007 report had not been drawn to ...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes on 1950s-born women living in Rochester and Strood constituency.
Answer: All women born since 6 April 1950 have been affected by changes to State Pension age. Estimates can be made with ONS 2022 Census Data of how many women born in the 1950s were resident in each constituency in that year.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordConstruction: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure adequate workforce capability to deliver (i) infrastructure and (ii) construction projects, in the context of recent cuts announced by the Construction
Answer: On 23 March 2025, the Government announced a construction support package worth £625 million to address the shortage of skilled workers in the construction sector. This investment forms a key part of our broader strategy to advance national infrastructure...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Careers Service: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many professionally qualified Level 6 and 7 careers advisers the National Careers Service employs; and how this number will change under the planned new Jobs and Careers Service.
Answer: Accurate information on the number of level 6 and 7 qualified careers advisers employed by the National Careers Service is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Following a Written Ministerial Statement made on 16th Se...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordJobcentresDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how people will access professional careers advice within the new Jobs and Careers Service.
Answer: We are committed to continuing the delivery of high quality, impartial careers advice in the new Jobs and Careers Service through professionally qualified careers advisers and recognise that their expertise is essential to enabling the government’s missio...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the causes of economic inactivity related to poor health.
Answer: There were 2.8m people who were economically inactive with long-term sickness as their main reason in the UK in April to June 2025.1 This group accounts for 30.7% of the total inactive population and is the most common reason given for inactivity; this pe...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOlder WorkersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support older people to remain in work.
Answer: The Government knows that work helps everyone play active and fulfilling roles in society while building financial security for retirement. The Department is therefore committed to supporting older workers through a wide-ranging strategy that promotes inc...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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