Question follow-through · 89335

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants in his Department are working on the Access to Work Scheme.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Nov 2025
Target answer date
12 Nov 2025
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 56 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants in his Department are working on the Access to Work Scheme.

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Full Time Equivalent number of staff working on the Access to Work Scheme is currently 540. Notes:The Full Time Equivalent (FTE) figure supplied is as at October 2025. This is the most up to date Data held.The number Access to Work scheme staff has be...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Members: Correspondence

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