Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 112447

Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment

Tabled: 10 February 2026

Answered: 24 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Tom Gordon

Liberal Democrat — Harrogate and Knaresborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to help ensure that Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers are not reduced at renewal where there has been no change in job role or level of sight loss.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

Access to Work provides support for individual needs within the workplace, above and beyond the employer’s reasonable adjustments.When an award is renewed, Access to Work case managers consider all relevant evidence and current guidance to ensure that the...

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