Access to Work Programme
(asked on 27th November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Access to Work applications (a) were (i) approved and (ii) rejected and (b) given 100% of award in each year since 2021 to 2023 as of 27 November.
What proportion of Access to Work applications (a) were (i) approved and (ii) rejected
| Approved | Not Approved |
Apr-21 | 75.20% | 24.80% |
May-21 | 72.40% | 27.60% |
Jun-21 | 69.70% | 30.30% |
Jul-21 | 71.10% | 28.90% |
Aug-21 | 73.00% | 27.00% |
Sep-21 | 72.30% | 27.70% |
Oct-21 | 70.50% | 29.50% |
Nov-21 | 69.00% | 31.00% |
Dec-21 | 66.10% | 33.90% |
Jan-22 | 70.60% | 29.40% |
Feb-22 | 72.20% | 27.80% |
Mar-22 | 71.80% | 28.20% |
Apr-22 | 78.70% | 21.30% |
May-22 | 68.90% | 31.10% |
Jun-22 | 66.50% | 33.50% |
Jul-22 | 65.60% | 34.40% |
Aug-22 | 65.60% | 34.40% |
Sep-22 | 66.10% | 33.90% |
Oct-22 | 63.90% | 36.10% |
Nov-22 | 65.10% | 34.90% |
Dec-22 | 65.40% | 34.60% |
Jan-23 | 67.20% | 32.80% |
Feb-23 | 69.00% | 31.00% |
Mar-23 | 69.70% | 30.30% |
Apr-23 | 71.40% | 28.60% |
May-23 | 72.70% | 27.30% |
Jun-23 | 71.10% | 28.90% |
Jul-23 | 68.10% | 31.90% |
Aug-23 | 71.70% | 28.30% |
Sep-23 | 70.70% | 29.30% |
Oct-23 | 70.30% | 29.70% |
Please note that the not approved includes rejections, advice provided, no contact, no evidence, not eligible, not pursued, and closed other.
Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics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.
(b) given 100% of award in each year since 2021 to 2023
The information requested about Access to Work applications that have been made in England, Wales and Scotland is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
However, the Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2021/22. 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).
The information requested about Access to Work applications that have been made in England, Wales and Scotland is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
However, the Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2021/22. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.
The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here: