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Access to Work Programme

Asked by Tom MorrisonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 19 March 2025UIN 37383

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for support to be granted to a claimant applying to the Access to Work scheme.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The average waiting time for a decision to be made on support for a claimant applying for Access to Work was 56.9 days from April 2024 to February 2025. We are consulting on this in the Green Paper and aim to reduce times.

Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.

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