| Heading: |
Access to Work Programme |
| Question ID: |
1792226 |
| UIN: |
44052 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5291 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Catherine Fookes
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| Asking Member handle: |
CatherineFookes
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@CatherineFookes
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Pathways to work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published in March 2025, what steps she is taking to (a) reduce levels of time taken to access |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
We are committed to reducing waiting times for Access to Work and are considering the best way to deliver that for customers. We have (a) increased the number of staff processing Access to Work claims and (b) prioritised applications from customers who ar... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |