Question follow-through · 6321
Access to Work Programme: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff are engaged in processing Access to Work claims; by what number has that changed in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of sta
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
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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- Universal Credit · 6 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff are engaged in processing Access to Work claims; by what number has that changed in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of sta
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2026
Answer published
As at 19 May 2026, there were 658 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff engaged in delivering the Access to Work scheme. This represents an increase of 32.29 FTE compared with 625.71 FTE staff at the end of May 2025.The Department keeps staffing levels under r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Universal Credit
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is between a Universal Credit enquiry being referred to the Agents Contact Team and resolution of that enquiry.