Question follow-through · 52931

Access to Work Programme: Overtime

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Access to Work funding is not provided for overtime.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
16 May 2025
Target answer date
21 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Access to Work funding is not provided for overtime.

  2. 21 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    Access to Work aims to support the recruitment and retention of disabled people in employment. The grant supports workplace adjustments that go beyond what would normally be expected from an employer through their duty to provide reasonable adjustments as...

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