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Access to Work Programme

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 June 2025UIN 56298

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was to process Access to Work claims once an invoice had been submitted in each of the last 12 months.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

We do not record, and therefore do not hold, data on the average time taken to process Access to Work claims once an invoice has been submitted. To determine this, we would need to review all claims processed over the past 12 months to compare the date each claim was received with the date it was processed. This exercise would incur a disproportionate cost.

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