Access to Work Programme: Epilepsy

(asked on 22nd January 2020) - 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 ensure that the Access to Work scheme is adequately funded so that people with epilepsy can access their full entitlement.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 31st January 2020

Access to Work is a demand-led discretionary grant scheme that offers up to £59,200 funding per year for in-work support for people whose disability or health condition affects the way they do their job. In 2018/19, the Access to Work expenditure increased to £129.1 million, a new record amount, equating to a 14% increase in real terms expenditure on 2017/18.

The amount an individual receives from Access to Work is based on their individual in-work support requirements. The latest Access to Work statistics, published in August 2019 and covering the period up to March 2019, show that around 2.5% of people supported by the scheme give ‘Epilepsy’ as their primary medical condition

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