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.
About this written question
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
- 15 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 35 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
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.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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