<p>Access to Work official statistics are published annually and include figures on the number of people in receipt of an Access to Work payment(s) by element type. The table below (Table 7 in the statistics) summarises how many people received a payment for Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) in the last five financial years.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2022" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Number of people in receipt of an MHSS payment</strong></p></td><td><p>2,230</p></td><td><p>3,630</p></td><td><p>5,740</p></td><td><p>7,480</p></td><td><p>8,550</p></td></tr></tbody></table>