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Access to Work Programme: Reform

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 19 January 2026UIN 105681

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reform Access to Work.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Pathways to Work Green Paper launched a consultation on the future of Access to Work which has now concluded. We are considering responses to the consultation and will set out our plans in due course.

We also have recently concluded the Access to Work Collaboration Committees, in which we engaged with a range of stakeholders, including disabled people’s organisation representatives and those with lived experience, to provide discussion, experience, and challenge to the design of the future Access to Work Scheme.

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