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Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment

Asked by Dr Scott ArthurLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 16 February 2026UIN 112359

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers had support worker hours reduced at the point of renewal, in each of the last three years.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Department does not hold this data. Determining this information would require manually reviewing individual applications which would incur disproportionate cost.

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