Written questions

Access to Work Programme: Waiting Lists

Lords · Question HL11953 · Tabled 14 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 28 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Rennard

To ask His Majesty's Government whether any people with disabilities applying to the Access for Work scheme have been waiting nine months or more for their assessment; why the time needed for an assessment to the Access to Work scheme rose from an average

Answer

Answered by Baroness Sherlock, 28 Nov 2025

Access to Work (AtW) provision data is provided at Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2025 - GOV.UK, and relates to approvals and payments. The data details the number of people who have had AtW provision approved, the number of people who rec...