Question follow-through · 117028
Access to Work Programme: Self-employed and Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in Access to Work awards on business continuity for self-employed people and small employers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in Access to Work awards on business continuity for self-employed people and small employers.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2026
Answer published
Demand for Access to Work (AtW) has been growing. The number of customers in receipt of payment continues to increase with 74,190 customers receiving a payment for provision in 2024/25. This is an increase of 10% compared with 2023/24. In 2024/5 Access to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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