Question follow-through · 122068
Access to Work Programme: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment for prioritising employed applicants over self-employed applicants within Access to Work.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment for prioritising employed applicants over self-employed applicants within Access to Work.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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25 Mar 2026
Answer published
Access to Work prioritises both employed, and self-employed applicants who are due to start work within the next four weeks or renewing existing grants, to minimise disruption to employment. There are not separate systems for employed and self‑employed ap...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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