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5108

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2013
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the total loss to the economy as a result of underemployment in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	153940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2014 answer text <p>This is not a matter for Cabinet Office Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

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	registered interest
	date	08/05/2013
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the outcome of his Department's matching of the electoral register with Department for Work and Pensions data in communities with (a) seaside towns and (b) towns with high student populations; and what effect this work will have on the size of electorates in these constituencies.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	154454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2014 answer text <p>As part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER), entries on the electoral register will be matched against data held by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for the purposes of confirming existing electors, a process which will simplify the transition for the majority of existing electors. Last year the Cabinet Office undertook pilots to test this process and we published our evaluation of these pilots earlier this year which is available to download from:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-the-transition-to-individual-electoral-registration</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation report includes an analysis of match rates by population groups and while no specific analysis was undertaken of seaside towns, the results did suggest that match rates were lower in areas with high student populations. However, anyone who cannot be confirmed will still be invited to register individually and will retain their ability to vote in the 2015 general election. By using confirmation to simplify the process for the majority of electors it means resources can be focused on maximising registration among those people who cannot be confirmed, including individuals who are not currently registered. We are also currently running a separate set of pilots exploring whether data matching against DWP and other trusted national data sets can be used to find potential electors who are not currently registered but may be eligible to do so, in order to invite them to register. The results of the pilots, which are specifically targeted at boosting registrations among students, attainers and home-movers, will be published in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1300197

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary was consulted on the financing of the recent refurbishment of No. 10 Downing St.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	164350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Downing Street complex is a working building, as well as containing two Ministerial residences. As has been the case under successive administrations, refurbishments and maintenance are made periodically.</p><p>Works to the Downing Street estate are overseen by the Cabinet Office. It is not the practice of successive administrations to comment on which officials have been consulted or advised on matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 167191 question first answered 25/03/2021 17:34:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1301944

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the total cost to the public purse of (a) refurbishments and (b) renovations to No.10 Downing Street since July 2019 has been notified to the Cabinet Secretary.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	167191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Downing Street complex is a working building, as well as containing two Ministerial residences. As has been the case under successive administrations, refurbishments and maintenance are made periodically.</p><p>Works to the Downing Street estate are overseen by the Cabinet Office. It is not the practice of successive administrations to comment on which officials have been consulted or advised on matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 164350 question first answered 25/03/2021 17:34:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1312218

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	11 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on who paid the invoices for the refurbishment of the Prime Minister’s 11 Downing Street flat.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	187203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/04/2021 12:45:46 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1312219

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	11 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the date on which the Prime Minister repaid the costs of the refurbishment of the 11 Downing Street flat.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	187204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/04/2021 12:46:12 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

869515

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department plans to evaluate the postal vote pilots; what indicators will be used to measure the success of those pilots; what methods will be used to collect the information relating to those pilots; who will be responsible for implementing the evaluation plan; and how and when the results of that evaluation will be shared.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	134029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy and the Government is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future.</p><p>Woking, Gosport, Bromley, Swindon and Watford have committed to pilot voter ID in May 2018 and Tower Hamlets, Slough and Peterborough are piloting measures to improve the security of the postal vote process.</p><p>The pilot authorities, Cabinet Office and the Electoral Commission have worked collaboratively to agree what information will be collected from the pilots and how it will be collected.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is responsible for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will publish its findings following the May elections, in the summer of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 134027 question first answered 27/03/2018 13:09:03 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

915143

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the implications are for the Government's policies of recommendation 17 of the report of the Association of Electoral Administrators entitled It’s time for urgent and positive Government action: The AEA’s review of the 2017 local government elections and the UK Parliamentary general election, published in September 2017, on the Government introducing a process to cancel a postal ballot paper issued to an elector who is subsequently deleted from the electoral register during an election period as a matter of urgency.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	148935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>Electoral law is clear that a person must be included in the register of electors for a poll in order to be entitled to vote at that poll. The Government recognises that it is possible for postal ballot papers to be issued to a postal voter who may subsequently be removed from the register to be used at the poll. The Electoral Commission has issued guidance explaining that postal ballot papers returned under these circumstances cannot be counted. We will look to review the current provisions on the cancellation of postal ballot papers to see whether improvements can be made to the law in this area.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/06/2018 14:04:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

915144

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the implications are for the Government's policies of recommendation 18 of the report of the Association of Electoral Administrators entitled It’s time for urgent and positive Government action: The AEA’s review of the 2017 local government elections and the UK Parliamentary general election, published in September 2017, on the Government undertaking a review a full and thorough review of absent voting arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	148936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>We consider elections processes and policy on an ongoing basis, and are working with the electoral stakeholders to consider the development and improvement of existing processes, including in relation to the procedures for absent voting arrangements.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/06/2018 14:08:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1285610

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of public awareness of postal voting and (b) the accessibility of the postal voting application process; and what steps he is taking to widen access to postal voting ahead of the May 2021 elections.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	152590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-02/147911" target="_blank">147911</a> on 9 February 2021.</p><p>The Government is working on finalising the funding allocations for the May 2021 elections, and Returning Officers and local authorities will be updated on their funding allocations for the Police and Crime Commissioner and local elections respectively by the end of March.</p><p>There will be an estimated £92 million of government funding that will be provided to local authorities for the elections; of this, £31 million is an uplift to directly address costs associated with making the elections covid-secure.</p><p>For the Police and Crime Commissioner elections, Returning Officers will be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred for the smooth running of those polls via the usual process. Further detail of the potential fees and charges that Returning Officers can claim for in relation to any additional measures required to ensure covid-secure Police and Crime Commissioner elections in May is set out in guidance provided by the Cabinet Office to Returning Officers.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 152589 question first answered 02/03/2021 19:17:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

989467

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will undertake a review of the (a) reasons and (b) extent of increases in postal and proxy vote applications in constituencies in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) England in advance of any changes required to the system for such applications for the next General Election.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	180655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government will continue to keep electoral legislation, for all non-devolved polls, under review and consider what changes, if any, may be required before the next General Election.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to undertake such a review. Relevant to postal and proxy working more generally, the Government responded to the Review in December 2016, addressing each of the concerns raised in turn, setting out a number of measures for tackling the risk of fraud. The Government is considering the way forward on the recommendations made by Sir Eric Pickles, a number of which relate to absent voting, and will continue to consider how to improve the integrity of electoral processes more generally.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to electoral law in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/10/2018 15:56:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1007845

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the integrity of the postal voting system.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy and the Government is committed to ensuring that our electoral system is fit for the future.</p><p>Next year, Peterborough and Pendle will be piloting measures to improve the integrity of the postal and proxy vote process. This builds on similar pilots in 2018.</p><p>In addition, the Government is looking to introduce measures which will prohibit party campaigners from handling postal votes, and apply a limit to the number of postal ballots that any one individual can hand in at a polling station. The provisions will be backed up by a new offence, and will make a significant contribution to enhancing the security of postal voting. There is currently a Government supported Private Members’ Bill in the House of Commons looking to introduce this policy.</p><p>The Government is considering the way forward on the other recommendations made by Sir Eric Pickles, a number of which relate to absent voting, and will continue to consider how to improve the integrity of electoral processes more generally.</p><p>The Government is committed to strengthening our electoral processes and enhancing public confidence in the rigour of those democratic processes.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/11/2018 11:43:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1047782

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the ease with which people travelling abroad can register to vote by proxy.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	212340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The cost to taxpayers of delivering the 2016 EU Referendum was £129.1 million. A breakdown of that cost is provided in the report published by the Electoral Commission.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The then Government undertook publicity on EU membership ahead of the referendum. This cost an additional £9.3 million.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The total cost to taxpayers was thus £138.4 million</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Electors who are registered to vote but will be travelling abroad during the time of an election are able to apply for a proxy vote for that particular poll or polls. The application must be made in writing, it must include specific information about the elector and their proxy, and the reason for applying for a proxy.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/01/2019 09:42:51 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2019 16:30:44 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 97720 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1055923

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process by which people travelling overseas are able to register to vote by proxy.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	217505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Electors who are registered to vote but will be travelling abroad during the time of an election are able to apply for a proxy vote for that particular poll or polls. The application must be made in writing, it must include specific information about the elector and their proxy, and the reason for applying for a proxy.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/02/2019 10:30:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

915145

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the implications are for the Government's policies of recommendation 20 of the report of the Association of Electoral Administrators entitled It’s time for urgent and positive Government action: The AEA’s review of the 2017 local government elections and the UK Parliamentary general election, published in September 2017, on the Government evaluating the effectiveness and future use of the International Business Response Licence for postal votes being sent overseas ahead of the next set of national polls.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	148937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that electors can cast their vote and will continue to look for ways to assist electors to do so. The International Business Response Service is a means of assisting the return of postal votes from abroad and helped to ensure that over 80,000 postal votes were recorded back from overseas by Royal Mail leading up to polling day on 8 June 2017. Almost 100,000 items were recorded back from overseas at the EU Referendum in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission evaluated its use after the 2016 Referendum and decided it was value for money in terms of the number of votes returned by the process and recommended we use it for the General Election.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/06/2018 11:19:25 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1167618

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment the Cabinet Office has made of the effect of the snap parliamentary general election on the ability of UK nationals living overseas who have postal votes to vote in that election.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	8255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of a smooth and timely process for overseas electors in regards to the 12 December General Election, and has taken steps to ensure that postal votes reach overseas electors in good time to cast their vote.</p><p>The timetable for UK elections was revised in 2013 to extend the time available for postal vote packs to be printed, posted and returned. We are also working with Royal Mail to set up a dedicated scheme for Returning Officers to use to expedite the delivery of postal votes to overseas electors. If an elector is concerned that their local postal services are irregular or if they live far from the UK, we advise that they consider voting by proxy as an alternative to a postal vote.</p><p>The Government has no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable British citizens living overseas who have postal votes to receive postal vote packs by email or vote online. The selection of elected representatives for Parliament is regarded as requiring the highest possible level of integrity and, at present, there are concerns that online voting, by any means, is not seen by many to be suitably rigorous and secure, and could be vulnerable to attack or fraud.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 8256 question first answered 04/11/2019 14:12:54 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1167619

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable British citizens living overseas who have postal votes to (a) receive postal vote packs by email and (b) vote online.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	8256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of a smooth and timely process for overseas electors in regards to the 12 December General Election, and has taken steps to ensure that postal votes reach overseas electors in good time to cast their vote.</p><p>The timetable for UK elections was revised in 2013 to extend the time available for postal vote packs to be printed, posted and returned. We are also working with Royal Mail to set up a dedicated scheme for Returning Officers to use to expedite the delivery of postal votes to overseas electors. If an elector is concerned that their local postal services are irregular or if they live far from the UK, we advise that they consider voting by proxy as an alternative to a postal vote.</p><p>The Government has no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable British citizens living overseas who have postal votes to receive postal vote packs by email or vote online. The selection of elected representatives for Parliament is regarded as requiring the highest possible level of integrity and, at present, there are concerns that online voting, by any means, is not seen by many to be suitably rigorous and secure, and could be vulnerable to attack or fraud.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 8255 question first answered 04/11/2019 14:12:55 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

750283

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to review the proxy vote process in Northern Ireland to reduce the risk of misuse.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	3898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The administration of proxy voting is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland who will, following the Parliamentary election in June, conduct a routine post-election review of all administrative procedures. The Electoral Commission will also report on the administration of the election in due course. The Government will consider any recommendations about dealing with fraud from the Chief Electoral Officer and the Electoral Commission carefully.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, I also refer the hon Member to the Government response to Sir Eric Pickles’ review of electoral fraud; the Government will consider what changes recommended for Great Britain may also be appropriate for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/07/2017 14:49:16 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

882231

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: Pilot Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the local statutory orders for the proxy and postal voting pilots in Peterborough, Slough and Tower Hamlets.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	135252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Electoral fraud is unacceptable on any level, and vulnerabilities cannot be allowed to continue and undermine the integrity of our democracy.</p><p>In his report of his review into electoral fraud Sir Eric Pickles recommended that the requirement to provide ID in polling stations should apply to proxy voters. He also recommended that guidance should be provided in postal vote packs on the secrecy of the vote and how to report electoral fraud.</p><p>Tower Hamlets, Slough and Peterborough are piloting measures to improve the security of the postal vote process, including providing additional information in postal vote packs to help voters report any suspicions of electoral fraud.</p><p>The Orders to enable the proxy and postal voting pilots in Peterborough, Slough and Tower Hamlets have been published on gov.uk - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/postal-and-proxy-vote-pilot-schemes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/postal-and-proxy-vote-pilot-schemes</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/04/2018 16:07:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1243853

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the findings by the Royal National Institute of Blind People in their report entitled Turned out 2019 that 68 per cent of blind postal voters and 22 per cent of partially sighted postal voters at the December 2019 General Election had to use assistance from another person to enable them to vote, what plans he has to review the accessibility of the postal vote system.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	104091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that elections are accessible for all those eligible to vote and has already been working with the RNIB to improve the voting process for voters with sight loss.</p><p>It is important for security purposes that a physical poll card is sent to every elector at the property where they are registered, but we have already considered how electoral information might additionally be made available in more accessible format for those who request it.</p><p>Returning Officers already publish details of candidates in the order they will appear on the ballot paper online. We will work with partners in the electoral sector to ensure this information is accessible.</p><p>The Government will continue to work with the RNIB, the Electoral Commission and other relevant organisations to make blind and partially sighted voters aware of the support available to them at the polling station, and to consider what additional support could be provided to help blind and partially sighted people to vote including by post.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 104166 104167 104226 104227 question first answered 22/10/2020 16:55:16 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1349464

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timescale is for a review of the postal voting system to ensure that system is fully accessible for blind and partially sighted people.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	38144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that elections are accessible for all those eligible to vote.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To that end, the Government has introduced a number of measures to support the accessibility of elections in the recently introduced Elections Bill, such as removing restrictions on who can act as a companion to support voters with disabilities and placing a broader requirement for Returning Officers to consider the needs of all disabled voters when providing equipment for polling stations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Specifically on issues related to sight loss, we were pleased to be able to carry out some testing of accessible voting solutions for blind and partially sighted electors with the RNIB and Broadland District Council at the recent elections in May, and we are currently considering our next steps. We will continue to work with the RNIB and other interested groups in taking this forward and have already talked with RNIB about looking at the postal vote system to see how and where that can be improved to support engagement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We also continue to work with the members of the Accessibly of Elections Working Group, including the Electoral Commission, the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and the Association of Electoral Administrators. The Association of Electoral Administrators provides training and guidance for Returning Officers and their teams to further improve the support provided to enable disabled electors to participate in future elections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 38145 41351 41352 question first answered 10/09/2021 13:38:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1271135

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Elected Office Fund will be reopened.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	129170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>It is the Government’s ambition to see more disabled people in public office.</p><p>The EnAble Fund for Elected Office opened in December 2018 and closed in March 2020. The Government has been clear that the responsibility for supporting disabled candidates sits with political parties.</p><p>An evaluation of the EnAble Fund is due to be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 19/01/2021 16:58:04 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1339424

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Access to Information Central Clearing House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual running costs are of the central Cabinet Office Clearing House for Freedom of Information requests; and which staff of his Department have responsibilities within the Clearing House.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	21236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Clearing House function does not have full time members of staff, and its work is done by a small team of people in the FOI team, including the Deputy Director of Freedom of Information and Transparency, alongside their other day to day responsibilities. There is no separate budget for the Clearing House.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not routinely capture data on the number of requests which are referred to the Clearing House. However, in 2020, Clearing House gave advice on 516 aggregated ‘round robins’ (requests made to more than one department and that have repeat characteristics); a small proportion of over 30,000 requests received by government departments in the same time period.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has referred requests to the Clearing House where appropriate and in line with the published criteria, which is available on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information</a>.</p><p>Information on Freedom of Information statistics is also published on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 21237 question first answered 28/06/2021 16:53:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1339425

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Access to Information Central Clearing House: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many requests for advice on handling Freedom of Information requests the central Cabinet Office Clearing House has received in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	21237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Clearing House function does not have full time members of staff, and its work is done by a small team of people in the FOI team, including the Deputy Director of Freedom of Information and Transparency, alongside their other day to day responsibilities. There is no separate budget for the Clearing House.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not routinely capture data on the number of requests which are referred to the Clearing House. However, in 2020, Clearing House gave advice on 516 aggregated ‘round robins’ (requests made to more than one department and that have repeat characteristics); a small proportion of over 30,000 requests received by government departments in the same time period.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has referred requests to the Clearing House where appropriate and in line with the published criteria, which is available on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information</a>.</p><p>Information on Freedom of Information statistics is also published on gov.uk here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 21236 question first answered 28/06/2021 16:53:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1402475

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, what recent progress her Department has made on working with disabled people, disabled people’s organisations and charities via the Access to Work Stakeholder Forums to develop an Access to Work Adjustments Passport; whether the pilot went ahead as planned in 2021; and if she will publish the outcomes of that pilot.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	102728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>We are continuing to work with a range of stakeholders including disabled people’s charities and organisations, alongside our Access to Work Stakeholder Forums in England, Scotland and Wales to inform the development of the Adjustments Passport. As a result, a number of Adjustments Passport pilots are already underway including the freelancers and contractors pilot which began in May 2021, and the universities pilot which commenced in November 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with stakeholders during 2022 to inform the further development of the Adjustment Passport pilots. The Armed Forces service leavers pilot and various Department for Education programmes supporting young disabled people are due to be rolled out in Spring 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The findings from the pilots will used to inform future development and implementation. There are no plans to publish the findings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/01/2022 15:28:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1402478

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, what steps her Department has taken to review the effectiveness of the Access to Work communication campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	102730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>Following the Access to Work communication campaign in early 2021, and our findings from a thorough evaluation, we have taken a number of steps to continue to raise awareness of the scheme amongst people with a disability or long-term health condition.</p><p>We frequently promote the scheme through the Department’s social media channels, and have introduced specific Access to Work pages on the JobHelp website (to maximise reach via our Jobhelp TV campaign), and on gov.uk. We monitor web traffic and optimise our plans accordingly.</p><p>We have also sought to ensure advisers who work with potential service users have the infomation and tools to act as advocates for the scheme. We have produced a communications toolkit specifically for stakeholders and partners, to help them raise awareness amongst their customers.</p><p>In addition, we are continuing to promote Access to Work to citizens via our JobHelp campaign, and to employers as part of the Disability Confident scheme.</p><p>As part of communications planning for Access to Work in 2022-23 we continue to adapt our approach as necessary to maximise effectiveness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/01/2022 15:22:51 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1402684

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2022
	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, whether her Department has plans to reduce the required application frequency by disabled people for support through the Access To Work scheme, where their needs have not changed.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	103678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Access to Work is committed to improving customer experience and transforming the service disabled people receive. This will introduce a new digital customer journey and explores how we can streamline the current processes, including reviewing the frequency of applications.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are developing the Adjustments Passport which aims to reduce the need for holistic assessments where the customer’s needs remain the same. The Adjustments Passport is currently being piloted with freelancers, contractors and universities. In 2022, it will include the Armed Forces service leavers and various Department for Education programmes supporting young disabled people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/01/2022 13:58:19 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1415918

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2021 to Question 91950, on Access to Work Programme, what interim steps her Department is taking to tackle the delays to Access to Work applications until additional staff are able to help respond to the increased demand.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	110330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>Access to Work (AtW) are currently receiving an increased level of applications for support and are working through all applications to ensure that they are progressed as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>For applications where a customer is due to begin a job in the next 4 weeks, their case will be prioritised and contact made as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>All other Case Managers are deployed to work on the oldest outstanding cases and overtime working for AtW staff is also being used.</p><p> </p><p>Business processes have been reviewed, including the Renewals process, resulting in improved clearance times.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/01/2022 14:54:10 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1416109

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 102728 on Access to Work Programme, if she will publish further details of the stakeholders her Department is working with to inform the development of the Adjustments Passport.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	110473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Access to Work regularly engages with almost one hundred organisations supporting disabled people through stakeholder forums nationwide such as; Mencap, Disability Rights UK, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Scope, National Autistic Society, National Deaf Children’s Society and Leonard Cheshire Disability.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure the individual passports meet the needs of the user we have broadened our stakeholder network, and worked with other government departments, including the Department for Education and the Ministry of Defence, and their stakeholders, to further strengthen the development of the Adjustment Passport. All of the passports being tested in the pilots follow the same format but the tone and language used has been tailored to meet the needs of the user.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to engage and welcome feedback from new stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/02/2022 17:37:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1417752

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2022
	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 (a) applications and (b) successful applications were made to the Access To Work scheme in each year since 2010-11 inclusive.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	113823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on number of applications received is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Access to Work statistical release includes how many applications results in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2019/20. Please see Table 1 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistical release can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2021" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/02/2022 17:40:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1417753

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2022
	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 (a) applications and (b) successful applications there were to the Access To Work Mental Health Support Service scheme in each year since 2010-11 inclusive.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	113824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on number of applications received is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Access to Work statistical release includes how many applications results in provision being approved broken down by element type from 2007/08 to 2019/20. Please see Table 2 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistical release can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2021" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/02/2022 17:38:16 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1417754

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2022
	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 (a) small employers, (b) medium sized employers and (c) large employers were required to pay some of the costs of elements implemented under the Access To Work scheme in (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20 and (iii) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	113825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on how many employers were required to pay some of the Access to Work element costs by employer size is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/02/2022 17:43:48 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1417755

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2022
	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 recipients of Access To Work scheme funding were subject to the scheme’s overall cap in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	113826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on how many people were subject to the Access to Work cap is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/02/2022 17:40:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1417756

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2022
	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 much her Department spent on (a) assessments and (b) elements under the Access To Work scheme in each year since 2010-11 inclusive.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	113827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The yearly expenditure for assessments and elements, for the period 2009/10-2021/21 inclusive, is available in Table 11 and Table 11a of the Access to Work Statistic publications</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work official statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2021" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><strong><br> Access to Work expenditure on assessments and elements for the period 2010/11 to 2020/21 inclusive, in real terms.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Assessments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Elements</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,274,000</p></td><td><p>£127,562,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,798,000</p></td><td><p>£110,694,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,201,000</p></td><td><p>£111,751,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,428,000</p></td><td><p>£124,528,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,361,000</p></td><td><p>£110,064,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,160,000</p></td><td><p>£108,748,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,702,000</p></td><td><p>£113,749,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,899,000</p></td><td><p>£119,368,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,403,000</p></td><td><p>£136,952,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,451,000</p></td><td><p>£146,186,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,669,000</p></td><td><p>£106,624,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Access to Work expenditure on assessments and elements for the period 2010/11 to 2020/21 inclusive, in nominal terms.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Assessments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Elements</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,018,000</p></td><td><p>£102,034,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,084,000</p></td><td><p>£89,884,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,652,000</p></td><td><p>£92,597,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,892,000</p></td><td><p>£105,045,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,875,000</p></td><td><p>£94,125,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,725,000</p></td><td><p>£93,758,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,271,000</p></td><td><p>£100,497,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,506,000</p></td><td><p>£107,318,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,131,000</p></td><td><p>£125,989,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,187,000</p></td><td><p>£137,514,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,669,000</p></td><td><p>£106,624,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please note the following points on the figures provided:</p><ul><li>Due to the Access to Work digital transformation programme and the move to a new administrative system, we cannot say how many people had an approval or received a payment for Communication Support for Interviews (CSI) in 2020/21. Access to Work continued to provide Communication Support for Interviews to individuals throughout this period.</li><li>The expenditure data in these statistics covers payments directly to individuals and empIoyers, as well as to assessment providers and the Mental Health Support Service. The expenditure data in these statistics does not include DWP’s staffing and operational costs relating to Access to Work.</li><li>Expenditure statistics on Assessments, Communication Support for Interviews and Mental Health Support Service in 2020/21 have been derived directly from SOP. The remaining expenditure statistics in this publication have been derived from DiSC to provide granularity but have been reweighted so that total expenditure is consistent with the Department’s accounts.</li><li>Real terms expenditure (where actual spending has been adjusted to remove the effects of general price level changes (inflation) over time using price levels from a base year) has been calculated using the GDP deflators published by HM Treasury. Real terms figures provide a more meaningful measurement of change over time.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/02/2022 17:44:44 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1417757

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2022
	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 calls the Access To Work helpline received in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	113828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Access to Work helpline received the following volume of calls in the periods in question:</p><p> </p><ol><li>April 2018 – March 2019 – <strong>98,500</strong></li><li>April 2019 – March 2020 – <strong>113,000</strong></li><li>April 2020 – March 2021 – <strong>79,700 </strong></li></ol><p> </p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/02/2022 17:42:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1417758

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2022
	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 steps her Department is taking to promote awareness of the Access To Work scheme to people eligible to apply.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	113829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>Over the past 18 months, a considerable amount of work has been undertaken to increase the awareness and take up of the Access to Work Scheme.</p><p>Access to Work have delivered in-depth upskilling sessions to a wide variety of internal colleagues, including Work Coaches, Disability Employment Advisers and Employer Advisers. Externally we have also worked with a range of organisations, employers and customer representative groups, providing awareness of Access to Work. We will continue to do this throughout 2022, focusing activities in the areas of the country with the largest disability employment gap.</p><p>We frequently promote Access to Work through the Department’s social media channels and have introduced specific Access to Work pages on the JobHelp website (to maximise reach via our Jobhelp TV campaign), and on gov.uk. In addition, we are continuing to promote Access to Work to employers as part of the Disability Confident scheme.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/02/2022 17:52:07 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1418770

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	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 steps her Department will take to raise awareness of the Access to Work scheme among (a) employers and (b) employees.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	115934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>DWP is committed to increasing awareness of the Access to Work scheme amongst individuals with disabilities and health conditions, employers and stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Over the past 18 months Access to Work have delivered in-depth upskilling sessions to a wide variety of internal colleagues, including Work Coaches, Disability Employment Advisers and Employer Advisers. Externally we have also provided awareness of Access to Work to a range of organisations, employers and customer representative groups. This will continue throughout 2022, focusing activities in areas with the largest disability employment gap.</p><p> </p><p>We frequently promote Access to Work through the Department’s social media channels and have introduced specific Access to Work pages on the JobHelp website (to maximise reach via our Jobhelp TV campaign), and on gov.uk. In addition, we are continuing to promote Access to Work to employers as part of the Disability Confident scheme.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/02/2022 12:15:17 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1434157

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	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 applications for Access to Work grants are currently awaiting a decision.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	127254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>There are currently 17,940 Access to Work applications awaiting a decision as of 22<sup>nd</sup> February 2022. Please be aware however that this information is based on internal unpublished data.</p><p>The Access to Work statistical release includes how many applications results in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2019/20. Please see Table 1 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p>The latest Access to Work statistical release can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2021" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/03/2022 14:17:54 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 53968 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1434158

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	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 the average length of delay for Access to Work grant applications currently awaiting a decision; what proportion of those applications have been waiting for a decision for longer than six weeks; and what is the longest time for which an application of that type has been awaiting a decision.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	127255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is in part not held or not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/03/2022 15:05:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 53970 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1434159

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	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 applications for Access to Work grants have been decided in each of the last four weeks.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	127256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The volume of Access to Work applications decided in each of the last four weeks is:</p><p> </p><p>Week ending 30/01/2022 = 1,566 applications</p><p>Week ending 06/02/2022 = 1,426 applications</p><p>Week ending 13/02/2022 = 1,486 applications</p><p>Week ending 20/02/2022 = 1,722 applications</p><p> </p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/03/2022 13:55:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 53971 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1436480

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	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 applications for Access to Work grants are awaiting a decision.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	131033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member/ Rt Hon. Member to my response to parliamentary question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-22/127254" target="_blank">UIN 127254</a>, on 28th February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/03/2022 15:56:04 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1436481

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	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 the average length of time is for which Access to Work grant applications have been awaiting a decision; what proportion of those applications have been waiting for a decision for longer than six weeks; and what the longest time is for which such an application has been awaiting a decision.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	131034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member/ Rt Hon. Member to my response to parliamentary question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-22/127255" target="_blank">UIN 127255</a>, on 1<sup>st</sup> March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/03/2022 15:45:54 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1436482

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	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 applications for Access to Work grants have been decided in each of the last four weeks.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	131035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member/ Rt Hon. Member to my response to parliamentary question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-22/127256" target="_blank">UIN 131034</a> on 28th February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/03/2022 15:52:09 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1440843

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	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, if she will re-introduce the six-month extension of Access to Work grant awards for claimants who rely on support workers and are experiencing delays in the processing of their renewal applications.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	139248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>In response to the increase in Access to Work applications, business processes have been regularly reviewed, including the Renewals process. As part of this, we will now treat applications that are classified as renewals for on-going support as a priority group.</p><p> </p><p>Although this is not an automatic extension of the award, the prioritisation of renewals will enable applications to be cleared more quickly. Where the decision is to put in place a new award, this will be put in place for the longest period appropriate (up to the current 3 year maximum) so that the customer has stability in terms of their award, rather than having to renew again in a very short timeline, as was the case with automatically extended awards.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/03/2022 15:59:07 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1440844

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	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 plans her Department has to support Access to Work applicants facing delays in the processing of their application; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	139249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>Access to Work are currently receiving an increased level of applications for support and are working through all applications to ensure that they are progressed as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>For applications where a customer is due to begin a job in the next 4 weeks (whether employed or self-employed), and renewal applications for on-going support, their case will be prioritised and contact made as soon as possible. The Department is currently recruiting and training more people to work on Access to Work, as well the use of overtime working to support reducing the outstanding claim volumes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/03/2022 16:03:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1441441

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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 guidance her Department has provided to people who need to book a support workers but are experiencing excessive delays with Access to Work when (a) submitting a new application and (b) seeking to renewal their grant.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	140507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>People applying for Access to Work for the first time are advised not to procure support until they have spoken to their Access to Work case manager to safeguard the individual from paying out money that we would not reimburse. After an initial conversation, the Access to Work case manager can put interim funding in place from the date of application to an estimated decision date.</p><p>When applying for a renewal application, customers who have a support worker(s), are advised to continue to book support at the rate agreed in their previous award, as Access to Work will be unable to reimburse customers for any costs which have not previously been agreed.</p><p>DWP is working hard to put support in place in the shortest timescale possible and streamline the renewal process for customers reapplying for on-going support to enable funding to be reimbursed quickly</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2022 15:59:31 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1441442

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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, if she will consider offering Access to Work applicants an extension to their grant where excessive delays to the renewal process is preventing them engaging a support worker.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	140508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Access to Work customers applying for a renewal of their award will, if eligible, have their funding award backdated to the end of their previous award where there have been delays in processing the application.</p><p>We want to provide assurance for customers where their needs have not changed, they will continue to receive that funding.</p><p>In response to the high volume of Access to Work applications, business processes have been reviewed, including the renewals process. As part of this, we will now treat applications that are classified as renewals for on-going support as a priority group.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 24/03/2022 11:52:06 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1441445

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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 the current waiting time is for Access to Work (a) new applications and (b) renewals.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	140509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Access to Work average wait times from application to a decision being made, for February 2022, are:</p><p> </p><p>New claims – 43.4 working days</p><p>Renewals – 34.4 working days</p><p> </p><p><em>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. </em></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 24/03/2022 11:45:44 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1441446

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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 steps her Department is taking to communicate delays to Access to Work (a) new applications and (b) renewals to scheme users to allow them to find support in the interim.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	140510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>DWP notifies customers who are applying to Access to Work, or applying to renew their existing award, of the likely wait time for contact to be made to them by an Access to Work team member. This information is presented to the customer when they submit their application online or via telephone. It is also sent to the customer by e-mail or SMS message, depending on the contact details held.</p><p> </p><p>DWP also shares relevant information on application timelines with stakeholder groups for them to communicate to the people they represent or work with.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 24/03/2022 11:49:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1452955

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2022
	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, with reference to the access to work scheme, what is the total number of applications that have been (a) awarded the maximum payment cap grant and (b) rejected due to exceeding the payment cap.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	143722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on the total number of applications that were a) awarded the maximum payment cap grant and b) rejected due to exceeding the payment cap, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">Access to Work statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2022 16:07:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows