Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 111925

Access to Work Programme: Standards

Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for Access to Work Applications; and what plans his Department has to introduce new measures to reduce waiting times for Access to Work A

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We are committed to reducing waiting times in Access to Work so that people can access the support they need. We have increased the number of staff processing Access to Work applications and prioritise cases where someone has a job starting in the next fo...

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