Access to Work Programme

(asked on 22nd April 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new staff have been recruited to work on the Access to Work programme in each of the last six months for which data is available; and whether her Department plans to recruit more staff to work on this programme.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 30th April 2024

Please find figures for new staff that have been recruited to work on the Access to Work programme for the last 6 months.

Month

Number of new staff

November 2023

14

December 2023

1

January 2024

1

February 2024

30

March 2024

4

April (at 23/4/24)

7

An additional 95 staff will be redeployed to Access to Work in May/June 2024 and another 13 are expected through recruitment in May 2024.

Month

Number of staff

May / June 2024

108

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