Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for Access to Work support had not received an assessment on 1 December 2022.

The number of applications awaiting a decision for Access to Work on the requested dates were as follows. Figures have been steadily increasing due to the rise in the volume of application received.

As of 1^st January 2024 – 24,874

As of 1^st February 2024 – 26,812

As of 1^st March 2024 – 29,864

There were 25,292 Access to Work applications awaiting a decision as of 1^st December 2022.

Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics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.