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Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the financial impact of the Access to Work scheme to the UK economy.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 13 Mar 2025
Answer: 18 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the financial impact of the Access to Work scheme to the UK economy.
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Department has not made an estimate of the financial impact of the Access to Work scheme to the UK economy and currently does not have plans to do so. It’s impact is important, however, in enabling people to work who would not otherwise be able to do ...

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