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Neil O'Brien MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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5 published records · newest first.

Written questions

  • Employment Schemes: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18690More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his answers to questions 8173 and 13206, in particular that the Get Britain Working initiative has been allocated £240m in 2025/6, if he will publish a breakdown of expected spending a

    Answer: Get Britain Working (GBW) is a strategic objective, capturing several activities across the Department, each programme linked to GBW will report its’ spend against allocated budget. However, DWP do not report financial information in a way that consolidat...

    Answered 20 Jul 2026

    Original Parliament record
  • Work Capability Assessment: Chronic IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17398More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department of Work and Pensions Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/51669 dated 6 June 2026, what proportion of WCA decisions for non-ESA transition claimants in

    Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

    Answered 15 Jul 2026

    Original Parliament record
  • Work Capability Assessment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17397More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department of Work and Pensions Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/51669 dated 6 June 2026, how many WCA decisions for non-ESA transition claimants in the perio

    Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

    Answered 15 Jul 2026

    Original Parliament record
  • Universal Credit: Work Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17004More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 4373 on Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment and with reference to the Freedom of Information Act response with reference FOI2026/51669, disclos

    Answer: Responses to Freedom of Information requests are considered to be public. The requester can share the response if they so wish.

    Answered 17 Jul 2026

    Original Parliament record
  • Department for Work and Pensions: Public ExpenditureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16047More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2026 to question 13207, if he will publish a breakdown of the i) spending in Purchase of goods/services - Hosting and ii) spending in Purchase of goods/services - Social

    Answer: Please see attached breakdown of spend for ‘Purchase of goods/services – Hosting’ and ‘Purchase of good and service - Social care’.

    Answered 6 Aug 2026

    Original Parliament record
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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

View as listCabinet Office: 2Cabinet Office2Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: 1Department for Business, Innova…1Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: 1Department for Digital, Culture…1Department for Education: 7Department for Education7Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: 2Department for Energy Security …2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: 3Department for Environment, Foo…3Department for Transport: 2Department for Transport2Department for Work and Pensions: 5Department for Work and Pensions5Department of Health and Social Care: 7Department of Health and Social…7Home Office: 17Home Office17Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: 2Ministry of Housing, Communitie…2Ministry of Justice: 5Ministry of Justice5Treasury: 3Treasury3
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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 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.
Department or topicPublished records
Cabinet Office2
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade1
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport1
Department for Education7
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs3
Department for Transport2
Department for Work and Pensions5
Department of Health and Social Care7
Home Office17
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government2
Ministry of Justice5
Treasury3

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