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Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to develop the Access to Work Scheme.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 3 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 8 Jun 2026
Answer: 12 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to develop the Access to Work Scheme.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2026
Answer published
As set out in the Written Statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 19 May (HCWS34), to increase the efficiency and reduce waiting times for the scheme we will recruit an additional 480 case staff to process the higher volume of app...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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