Access to Work Programme
(asked on 16th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays in processing Access to Work claims.
This question was answered on 24th May 2022
DWP are in the process of recruiting and training extra staff for Access to Work, and using overtime working to process outstanding claim volumes.
Applications with a job start within the next four weeks are being prioritised. In addition, we are now treating applications that are classified as renewal applications for on-going support as a priority group and contact will be made as soon as possible.