Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 87804

Access to Work Programme

Tabled: 4 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Vicky Foxcroft

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds data on (a) the number and (b) the proportion of Access to Work awards terminated within (i) six months and (ii) a year of reassessment for each of the financial years from

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

The Department for Work and Pensions does not record award terminations in a way that allows for data extraction. This process would incur disproportionate cost.Access to Work has not been substantially changed since its introduction in 1994. There is a s...

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