Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Pursuant to the Answer of 31 January to Question 125002 on access to work programme, what assessment she has made of the level of support for the cap.

My officials and I have had fruitful discussions about the Access to Work cap with disability groups, notably the UK Council on Deafness and also with the All Party Parliamentary Group on deafness. They have welcomed the cap being raised from £42,100 to £57,200 from 1st April.