Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 97707

Access to Work Programme: Mental Illness

Tabled: 5 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025

Question

Zöe Franklin

Liberal DemocratGuildford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with mental health conditions receive reasonable adjustments under Access to Work on an equal basis with those whose disabilities arise from phy

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Access to Work supports workplace adjustments that go beyond what would normally be expected from an employer through their duty to provide reasonable adjustments as outlined in the Equality Act 2010, including for mental health conditions. As set out in ...

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