Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 112359
Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment
Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026
Question
Dr Scott Arthur
Labour — Edinburgh South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers had support worker hours reduced at the point of renewal, in each of the last three years.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Department does not hold this data. Determining this information would require manually reviewing individual applications which would incur disproportionate cost.