Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 89821
Access to Work Programme
Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Question
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat — Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the (a) methodology and (b) benchmarks used to determine hourly rates for self-employed job coaches under the Access to Work scheme; and whether these are shared
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe hourly rates for payment were developed following research into wages paid to support workers, including job coaches, based on live job listings and a job listing aggregation website. The hourly rates are used as a guide and if a customer is unable to...
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