Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 18936

Access to Work Programme: Finance

Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish updated estimates of the fiscal and economic return on investment generated by the Access to Work scheme.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
In 2018, the Department commissioned NatCen, an independent social research organisation, to explore the feasibility of evaluating the impact of Access to Work: ‘Feasibility of evaluating the impact of the Access to Work programme’. The Department has als...

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