Access to Work Programme: Self-employed
Commons · Question 111927 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 63906, what recent estimate he has made of the waiting times for Access to Work Applications.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 26 Feb 2026
We have interpreted this question as referring to the average processing time from the date an application is submitted to the date a decision is made. The current average processing time for access to work is 100.5 days from April 2025 to January 2026. W...