Question follow-through · 7733

Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the Access to Work scheme to ensure that blind and visually impaired people can access workplace adjustments and specialist support in a timely manner.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
10 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the Access to Work scheme to ensure that blind and visually impaired people can access workplace adjustments and specialist support in a timely manner.

  2. 10 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Reforms are essential to ensure a better service for customers, to help disabled people start and stay in work, including blind and visually impaired people. We are reviewing all aspects of the Access to Work scheme, utilising the outcomes of the Green Pa...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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