Access to Work Programme: Standards
Commons · Question 1557 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 20 May 2026
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) mean and (b) median average waiting time was between application for Access to Work and an initial assessment, in each of the past two years, broken down by region.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 20 May 2026
Access to Work does not record the information requested in a way that allows data to be extracted by region. Providing this would require manual examination of individual case records and would therefore incur disproportionate cost. Access to Work applic...