Question follow-through · 112447

Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to help ensure that Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers are not reduced at renewal where there has been no change in job role or level of sight loss.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
24 Feb 2026
Answer
24 Feb 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to help ensure that Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers are not reduced at renewal where there has been no change in job role or level of sight loss.

  2. 24 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Access to Work provides support for individual needs within the workplace, above and beyond the employer’s reasonable adjustments.When an award is renewed, Access to Work case managers consider all relevant evidence and current guidance to ensure that the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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