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Access to Work Programme

Asked by Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 101896

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from January 2023 to December 2025, what information his Department holds on the number of instances where waiting times for Access to Work have resulted in claimants losing their job or having their wo

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Access to Work is only available to people who are in work or about to start work, and the number of hours worked does not affect eligibility, so this type of data is not recorded.

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