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Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment

Asked by Lorraine BeaversLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 20 March 2026UIN 120202

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many users of Access to Work who receive funding for British Sign Language interpreters have had their awards expire before their renewal is processed.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

We do not hold this information in a way that can be extracted. Identifying such cases would require a manual review of individual awards, which would incur disproportionate cost.

Please find the Official statistics on payments and approvals which are published annually and can be accessed here: Access to Work statistics - GOV.UK

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