Question follow-through · 126858

Access to Work Programme: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Department has received in the last 12 months regarding the Access to Work scheme.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
15 Apr 2026
Answer
23 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Department has received in the last 12 months regarding the Access to Work scheme.

  2. 15 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    From April 2025 to March 2026, a total of 1,769 complaints has been received. April 2025 - 155 receivedMay 2025 - 154 receivedJune 2025 - 149 receivedJuly 2025 - 166 receivedAugust 2025 - 98 receivedSeptember 2025 - 125 receivedOctober 2025 - 149 received...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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