Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 120205

Access to Work Programme: Hearing Aids

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 20 March 2026

Question

Lorraine Beavers

LabourBlackpool North and Fleetwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received funding through an Access to Work grant to purchase hearing aids in the last 12 months.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Although the Department holds information on the specific types of support for which Access to Work payments are made, data which would allow payments for ‘hearing aids’ to be identified is not readily available. The data is recorded as descriptive free-t...

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