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Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will increase funding for the Access to Work scheme.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
25 Nov 2024
Answer
28 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will increase funding for the Access to Work scheme.

  2. 25 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Spending on Access to Work was around £257.8m in 2023/24, a real-terms increase of 33% compared to 2022/23, and it has increased every year since 2021/22. The Department is working through how to allocate its funding settlement from the 2024 Spending Revi...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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