Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for an access to work grant in the last year; and what proportion of those applications are from people at the start of their employment.

The information requested about Access to Work applications is not readily available and to provide it would incur 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:

Access to Work statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).