| Heading: |
Access to Work Programme |
| Question ID: |
1804508 |
| UIN: |
53550 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4396 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Rebecca Long Bailey
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| Asking Member handle: |
rlong_bailey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@rlong_bailey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to reduce wait times for Access to Work support. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-29 |
| 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. Delivery practices have been streamlined, and the number of staff processing claims increased. Since May 2024, 118 additional sta... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |