Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 87803

Access to Work Programme

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Vicky Foxcroft

LabourLewisham North

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds data on the (a) number and (b) proportion of Access to Work applications terminated in each financial year from 2022-2023 to 2025-26 to date by (i) stage of the claim and (i

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department for Work and Pensions does not terminate Access to Work applications. Instead, applications may not be approved following assessment.