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1698340

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	AEA Group: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of retired Atomic Energy Agency Technology personnel who have died in the last (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15 years without having resolved matters relating to their pensions.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
	uin	20129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold information on members of the Atomic Energy Agency Technology pension scheme.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/04/2024 14:10:49 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1699009

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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	AEA Group: Workplace Pensions
	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 Third Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of 2023-24 on Defined benefit pension schemes, HC 144, published on 26 March 2024 and the Fifty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of 2022-23 on AEA Technology Pension Case, HC 1005, published on 14 June 2023, if he will publish a redress scheme for AEA Technology pension scheme members by 23 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
	uin	20493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>This is a complex issue, which spans the responsibility of several departments. My officials are in discussion with their counterparts at the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the government’s response to the Third Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of 2023-24 on Defined Benefit pension schemes (HC144) we will carefully consider this issue, involving other relevant departments as appropriate and respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/04/2024 10:05:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

1699108

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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 applicants for Access to Work support had not received a decision on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February and (c) 1 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	20708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of applications awaiting a decision for Access to Work on the requested dates were as follows. Figures have been steadily increasing due to the rise in the volume of application received.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> January 2024 – 24,874</p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> February 2024 – 26,812</p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> March 2024 – 29,864</p><p> </p><p>There were 25,292 Access to Work applications awaiting a decision as of 1<sup>st</sup> December 2022.</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 Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 20709 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:44:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1699109

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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 applicants for Access to Work support had not received an assessment on 1 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	20709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of applications awaiting a decision for Access to Work on the requested dates were as follows. Figures have been steadily increasing due to the rise in the volume of application received.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> January 2024 – 24,874</p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> February 2024 – 26,812</p><p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> March 2024 – 29,864</p><p> </p><p>There were 25,292 Access to Work applications awaiting a decision as of 1<sup>st</sup> December 2022.</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 Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 20708 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:44:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1702247

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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 waiting time was for an initial assessment for people on the Access to Work Scheme in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	22547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a decision on an AtW application for the financial year 2023/24 was 45.1 days.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/04/2024 16:40:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1712687

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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 were waiting for a decision on their Access to Work application on 1 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	22995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> April 2024, there were 32,445 applications awaiting a decision.</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 Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/04/2024 16:36:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1712707

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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 new staff have been recruited to work on the Access to Work programme in each of the last six months for which data is available; and whether her Department plans to recruit more staff to work on this programme.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	22996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Please find figures for new staff that have been recruited to work on the Access to Work programme for the last 6 months.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of new staff </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2023</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2023</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2024</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2024</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2024</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April (at 23/4/24)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>An additional 95 staff will be redeployed to Access to Work in May/June 2024 and another 13 are expected through recruitment in May 2024.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May / June 2024</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/04/2024 10:55:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1712708

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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 recent assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the increase in Access to Work applications between September 2023 and March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	22997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>AtW is one of a suite of policies aimed at helping disabled people to enter and thrive in work. Access to Work (AtW) remains in high demand. We have increased the number of staff processing AtW claims and are prioritising renewal applications and those with a job start within four weeks. We are improving the service through increased digitisation to improve the time from application through to decision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/04/2024 10:58:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1713593

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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 and what proportion of Access to Work applicants were awaiting a decision on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February and (c) 1 March in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008, (iii) 2009 and (iv) 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	23533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested on Access to Work applicants awaiting a decision on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February and (c) 1 March in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008, (iii) 2009 and (iv) 2010 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2021/22. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/05/2024 16:05:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1714940

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2024
	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 timescale is for an Access to Work application.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
	uin	24348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The average timescale for an Access to Work application to have a decision for April 2024 was 43.9 days.</p><p>The average timescale for an Access to Work application to have a decision for financial year 2023/24 was 45.1 days.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/05/2024 15:45:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake