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Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of Access to Work decisions that have not aligned with Access to Work guidelines in the last 12 months.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
13 Nov 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of Access to Work decisions that have not aligned with Access to Work guidelines in the last 12 months.

  2. 13 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    We have interpreted “Access to Work decisions that have not aligned with Access to Work guidelines” as cases where a customer has challenged a decision and requested a reconsideration.From November 2024 to October 2025:1,517 reconsideration requests were ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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