Written questions

Access to Work Programme: Finance

Commons · Question 18934 · Tabled 14 Jul 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 21 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by John Milne

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of classifying Access to Work expenditure as Annually Managed Expenditure to help ensure the scheme can respond to demand from new and sustained employment

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 21 Jul 2026

Access to Work is an important programme that supports many people to start and stay in work. We are committed to ensuring it can respond to demand. That is why we announced in May that we would recruit and train 480 additional staff to speed up decisions...