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Baroness Sherlock (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 March 2026

Debate

Access to Work Fund

Contribution

My Lords, the noble Lord makes an important point: the scheme helps people to get into and stay in work. It is incredibly wide-ranging, covering anything from a customer applying for a single one-off grant of £100 to buy a piece of equipment, which they might keep for the duration of their work in that particular role, through to the other end, of a cap of £69,260 for someone who needs large levels of personal support. There are people who buy a single piece of equipment, or have British Sign Language support to do a job, and right across the piece. I do not have the figures about location, but if we have them I would be very happy to write to the noble Lord.

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