Question follow-through · 115214
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2025 to Written Question UIN 80759, how many Access to Work claims have been processed since 10 October 2025; what the extent is of the backlog of outstanding claims
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 23 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Universal Credit: Arrears · 19 May 2026
- Universal Credit: Employment · 9 Jul 2026
- Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Young People · 9 Jul 2026
- Social Security Benefits: Disability · 9 Jul 2026
- Social Security Benefits: Disability · 9 Jul 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
23 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2025 to Written Question UIN 80759, how many Access to Work claims have been processed since 10 October 2025; what the extent is of the backlog of outstanding claims
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2026
Answer published
We are committed to reducing waiting times in Access to Work so that people can access the support they need. We prioritise applications from customers who are due to start work within the next four weeks, as well as renewals for existing grants, to minim...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Universal Credit: Arrears
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff who process Universal Credit advances take into consideration arrears owed to claimants by his Department.
Work Capability Assessment: Medical Examinations
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the capacity of the Health Assessment Advisory Service to carry out Work Capability reassessments; and what service level agreements are in place to ensure that Serco
Universal Credit: Employment
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposal to remove access to the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity element of Universal Credit for under-22s on young peopl
Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Young People
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the average processing time between an application being accepted and the first payment for DLA and PIP for children and young people under 25 with cancer.
Social Security Benefits: Disability
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of waiting times between a child or young person (under 25) being diagnosed with cancer and their first payment of disability benefit on (a) debt levels, (b) ca
Social Security Benefits: Disability
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Young Lives vs Cancer’s report entitled The cost of waiting, published in March 2025, what assessment he has made of the impact of the average time between a child or young person (und
Disability Living Allowance
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to apply the findings from the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: interim report to Disability Living Allowance in areas where elements of both systems operate in similar wa