Access to Work Programme: Standards
Commons · Question 1556 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 26 May 2026
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was between approval of an Access to Work application and commencement of support in each of the past two years, broken down by region.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 26 May 2026
Information on the average time between approval of an Access to Work application and the commencement of support is not held. Providing this information would require a manual review of individual case records, which would incur a disproportionate cost.