Question follow-through · 87930
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process Access to Work applications.
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
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 7 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
4 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process Access to Work applications.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
We are committed to reducing the time taken to process Access to Work applications and are considering the best way to deliver that for customers. We have increased the number of staff processing Access to Work applications. We prioritise applications fro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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