Question follow-through · 83758
Unemployment: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mental health on trends in the number of people who are not in education, employment or training; and whether this is reflected in supp
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mental health on trends in the number of people who are not in education, employment or training; and whether this is reflected in supp
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2025
Answer published
We know that quality employment, education, and training have a positive impact on mental health, and leads to greater independence and a feeling of fully participating in society. That is why, as set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper, DWP and Df...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Unemployment
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State Retirement Pensions
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State Retirement Pensions: Women
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State Retirement Pensions: Women
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State Retirement Pensions: Women
3 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Oral Statement on 11 November 2025 entitled Pensions, if he will publish the research findings from the Department's 2007 evaluation on the effectiveness of automatic pension forec
State Retirement Pensions
5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive the basic state pension and the additional state pension.
State Retirement Pensions: Widowed People
5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on the basic State Pension have inherited part of the additional State Pension from their deceased spouse or partner.
Pensions: Communication
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that pension scheme communications are made more transparent and understandable for the general public.
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
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Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP assessment officers there were in each month since January 2025.
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to check the compliance of PIP assessment facilities.