Question follow-through · 87801
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of Access to Work reassessments conducted in (a) 2022-2023, (b) 2024-2025 and (c) the financial year 2025-26 to date which resulted in (i) a reduction in fun
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of Access to Work reassessments conducted in (a) 2022-2023, (b) 2024-2025 and (c) the financial year 2025-26 to date which resulted in (i) a reduction in fun
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department for Work and Pensions does not record the outcomes of Access to Work reassessments in a way that allows for data extraction. This exercise would incur disproportionate cost. Access to Work has not been substantially changed since its introd...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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