Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds information on the number of Access to Work claims for job coaching support for interns that have been approved but are unpaid as of 2 February 2024.

The information requested about the number of Access to Work claims for job coaching support for interns that have been approved but are unpaid as of 2 February 2024 is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.

However, Access to Work statistics include how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2022/23. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.

The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here.