Question follow-through · 17480
Department for Work and Pensions: Westminster Hall Sittings
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to his Department of preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to his Department of preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
It is not possible to provide an exact cost for preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates. There will be differences in the costs of Civil Service, Special Adviser and Ministerial time depending on the policy matter and length of the deba...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Poverty: Children
10 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what independent external evaluation arrangements have been established for the Child Poverty Strategy.
Poverty: Children
10 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the Child Poverty Strategy over the next ten years.
Apprentices: Life Sciences
10 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government's joint press release entitled UK life sciences attracts £3bn investment, creating jobs and faster patient treatments, published on 9 July 2026, what estimate he has mad
Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review
10 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to publish all the evidence submitted to the Timms Review, subject to data protection requirements.
Department for Work and Pensions: Westminster Hall Sittings
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of hours spent (a) responding to and (b) preparing for Westminster Hall Debates by (i) government ministers, (ii) civil servants and (iii) special advisers in h
Pathways to Work
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants in the Pathways to Work adviser programme have entered paid employment since the programme commenced.
Pathways to Work
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants have been supported through the Pathways to Work adviser programme in (i) England, (ii) Lancashire, and (iii) Fylde constituency.
Pathways to Work
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the quality and sustainability of jobs entered by participants in the Pathways to Work programme.
Pathways to Work
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants left the Pathways to Work programme without entering employment.
Youth Guarantee
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 18 to 24-year-olds are eligible for the Jobs Guarantee in each rollout area.
Employment: Young People
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 100,000 jobs for young people by the end of the Parliament are expected to be (a) new jobs, (b) existing vacancies, (c) temporary jobs and (d) permanent jobs.
Work Experience: Young People
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people on Universal Credit in Fylde constituency will be eligible for referral to Opening Shift.