Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 70073

Access to Work Programme

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether guidance has been issued to officials in her Department to reduce support levels under the Access to Work scheme.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
No.In the past, some restrictions in the guidance have not always been implemented. The guidance is now being more consistently applied. For the last year, work has been underway to improve Scheme decision-making by applying the guidance with greater cons...

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