Question follow-through · 113904

Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers are reviewed for compliance with the EHRC Code of Practice.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
20 Feb 2026
Target answer date
24 Feb 2026
Answer
27 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers are reviewed for compliance with the EHRC Code of Practice.

  2. 24 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Access to Work (AtW) awards, including those made to blind and partially sighted customers, are managed through standard casework processes, which include appropriate Service Assurance checks to ensure decisions comply with AtW guidance and principles.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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