Question follow-through · 24722
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what update his department can provide on (a) waiting times for access to work and (b) the steps being taken to reduce the backlog of applications.
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
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what update his department can provide on (a) waiting times for access to work and (b) the steps being taken to reduce the backlog of applications.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
a) From April 2026 to July 2026 it took an average of 125.6 days from the initial date of contact to an Access to Work decision being made. To protect employment opportunities, case managers prioritise the small minority of AtW applications where the cust...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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