Question follow-through · 119121
Access to Work Programme: Multiple Sclerosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Access to Work scheme supports people with multiple sclerosis to remain in employment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Access to Work scheme supports people with multiple sclerosis to remain in employment.
11 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2026
Answer published
The support that a customer will receive from Access to Work is dependent upon their needs and circumstances at the time they make an application. When assessing customer needs, Case Managers will consider the barriers the customer experiences in the work...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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