Question follow-through · 77113

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for the processing of Access to Work applications in the most recent period for which data is available.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 35 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for the processing of Access to Work applications in the most recent period for which data is available.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    From April 2025 to August 2025 the average waiting time for the processing of Access to Work applications was 94.9 days and it was 93.6 day for the most recent month of August 2025. While we aim to make payments within 20 working days of receipt of all co...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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