Access to Work Programme: Standards
Commons · Question 1558 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 22 May 2026
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work applicants waited more than (a) six months, (b) nine months and (c) one year for approval of their application in each of the past two years, broken down by region.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 22 May 2026
Access to Work does not record the information in a way that allows data to be extracted by six, nine, or twelve month waiting periods.Providing the information requested would require manual examination of individual case records and would therefore incu...