Question follow-through · 48700
Access to Work Programme: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the average time taken to process claims for transport support through the Access to Work scheme; and what steps she is taking to reduce that time.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the average time taken to process claims for transport support through the Access to Work scheme; and what steps she is taking to reduce that time.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
We are committed to reducing waiting times for Access to Work and are considering the best way to deliver that for customers. Access to Work does not differentiate between applications. Applications are processed in date order except for applications from...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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