Question follow-through · 95875

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to improve the Access to Work scheme.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
3 Dec 2025
Answer
4 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to improve the Access to Work scheme.

  2. 3 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    In the Pathways to Work Green Paper, we consulted on the future of Access to Work and how to improve the scheme so that it helps more disabled people in work. We are reviewing all aspects of Access to Work as we develop plans for reform following the conc...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Access to Work Programme: Standards

9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimated waiting times his Department is communicating to applicants to the Access to Work Programme.

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Access to Work Programme: Standards

9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for Access to Work Applications; and what plans his Department has to introduce new measures to reduce waiting times for Access to Work A

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Access to Work Programme: Self-employed

9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 63906, what recent estimate he has made of the waiting times for Access to Work Applications.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Growth and Skills Levy: Apprentices

20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether apprenticeships have been created through unspent Growth and Skills Levy funds.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children: Maintenance

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using HMRC’s coding-out powers for the collection of debts owed to the Child Maintenance Service.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children: Maintenance

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with HMRC on the potential use of coding-out powers to support the collection of debts owed to the Child Maintenance Service.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children: Maintenance

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing tax codes through coding out procedures to collect child maintenance arrears.