Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

What estimate he has made of what the total welfare budget will be at the end of this Parliament.

Tabled: 15 September 2026Answered: 12 October 2026

Asked by

John Lamont

ConservativeBerwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

David Smith (North Northumberland) (Lab)

9. What steps he is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in the middle east.