| Heading: |
Access to Work Programme |
| Question ID: |
1795061 |
| UIN: |
46352 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5198 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Chris Coghlan
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Coghlan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to reduce waiting times for Access to Work applications. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
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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: |
Demand for the Access to Work Scheme has been growing. In 2023-2024, 67,720 people were approved for Access to Work provision. This is around a 32% increase compared to the previous year. Alongside this, there is a significant delay in processing Access t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |