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58415

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to promote the Access to Work scheme to disabled people in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	199330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Access to Work is a valued and succesful national programme that makes a real difference to the working lives of disabled people throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has actively marketed Access to Work to raise awareness of the programme through a national marketing campaign lasting throughout 2013. This included activity to further strengthen our partnerships with key stakeholders and organisations, developing marketing materials, attending key events and digital marketing. The campaign involved a wide range of communications activities, including press releases, presentations at disability and employer events, articles in disability publications and engagement in direct marketing to large employers. It also included use of digital media, paid advertising links in popular search engines, magazine adverts and awareness training for Jobcentre Plus Disability Employment Advisors.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work also featued in the launch of the Department's Disability Confident campaign in July 2013 and at subsequent local events, including Glasgow on 4 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has worked closely with the Public Health division of the Scottish Government to raise awareness of Access to Work with health professionals. This included sharing information on the NHS Scotland's Knowledge Network and the Health and Employability Delivery Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 11:00:22 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

58413

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK have received support through the Access to Work scheme in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	199328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Please see figures for the last full three financial years for which data is avaiable:</p><p>Numbers helped by Access to Work support in Scotland:</p><p>2010/11: 2,800</p><p>2011/12: 2,510</p><p>2012/13: 2,500</p><p> </p><p>Numbers helped by Access to Work support in Great Britain:</p><p>2010/11: 35,820</p><p>2011/12: 30,780</p><p>2012/13: 31,500</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 11:15:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

58414

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been provided to disabled people in Scotland and the UK through the Access to Work scheme in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	199329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Please see figures for the last full three financial years for which data is available</p><p>Access to Work programme spend in Scotland:</p><p>2010/11: £6.5m</p><p>2011/12: £6.0m</p><p>2012/13: £5.9m</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work programme spend in Great Britain:</p><p>2010/11: £105.5m</p><p>2011/12: £98.3m</p><p>2012/13: £99.0m</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 10:40:09 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford