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Access to Work Programme: Voluntary Work |
| Question ID: |
1792059 |
| UIN: |
43924 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4676 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Marsha De Cordova
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| Asking Member handle: |
Marshadecordova
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Marshadecordova
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of helping blind and partially sighted people by extending the Access to Work scheme to formal volunteering placements. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-11 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
Access to Work is a demand-led, personalised discretionary grant which supports the recruitment and retention of disabled people in paid employment. We recognise the important role that volunteering, and other programmes can play in securing employment, a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |