| Heading: |
Access to Work Programme: Applications |
| Question ID: |
1789064 |
| UIN: |
41749 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5190 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Patricia Ferguson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Patricia Ferguson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken for Access to Work applications to be allocated to a case manager; and what steps she is taking to help reduce this waiting time. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
| 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 increased the number of staff processing Access to Work claims and applications from customers who are about to start a j... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |