Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current waiting time is for Access to Work (a) new applications and (b) renewals.
The Access to Work average wait times from application to a decision being made, for February 2022, are:
New claims – 43.4 working days
Renewals – 34.4 working days
Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.