Written questions

Access to Work Programme

Commons · Question 89821 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the (a) methodology and (b) benchmarks used to determine hourly rates for self-employed job coaches under the Access to Work scheme; and whether these are shared

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 18 Nov 2025

The hourly rates for payment were developed following research into wages paid to support workers, including job coaches, based on live job listings and a job listing aggregation website. The hourly rates are used as a guide and if a customer is unable to...