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Access to Work Programme

Asked by Siân BerryGreen PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 21 November 2025UIN 92325

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether staff in her Department have been instructed to apply Access to Work guidance more strictly since July 2024.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

For the last year, we have worked to improve decision-making throughout the Access to Work Scheme by ensuring that guidance is applied with greater consistency, helping to provide a fairer process. This may mean that some awards change at the point of renewal, but this does not reflect a change in policy of the Scheme.

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