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484472

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2016
	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 he will undertake a cost-benefit analysis of (a) Access to Work expenditure and (b) the potential effect of that programme on (i) social security expenditure and (ii) income tax returns.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	32132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value users, employers and stakeholders place on the scheme which de-risks the recruitment and retention of disabled people, therefore we have increased the funding for Access to Work, to enable a further 25,000 customers to receive support by 2020. We continue to work with stakeholders to understand the value Access to Work adds.</p><p>Officials have previously explored the potential costs and benefits of Access to Work expenditure, including the impacts on social security expenditure and income tax returns. However, in the absence of a control group against which to assess the difference the programme makes to someone’s likelihood of being in work, it is not possible to establish a robust overall value for money figure and it would be misleading to publish estimates. To establish a control group could jeopardise individuals’ current and future employment by restricting access to the programme and support for a sizeable number of people in the short to medium term.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/04/2016 15:31:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

448449

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	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 took part in the Access to Work programme in each year from 2010 to 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	24563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The number of people helped by Access to Work in each year from 2010 to 2013 is published in the Access to Work Official Statistics which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/02/2016 13:11:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

437971

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	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 disabled people have benefitted from the Government's extension of the Access to Work scheme to cover work experience placements in the last two years; and how the £2 million allocated to that initiative has been spent.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	19987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold official statistics to the standard of the National Statistical Authority and so are unable to provide this information.</p><br /><p>Access to Work supported 36,760 disabled people to take up or remain in employment during 2014/15 (up from 35,560 in 2013/14).</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/12/2015 13:54:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

425799

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	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 disabled people have been helped back to work by the Access to Work scheme in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	14526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The table below lists annual totals for people who have been helped by Access to Work in each of the last five years.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Customer Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Existing customer</p></td><td><p>22,480</p></td><td><p>20,760</p></td><td><p>20,670</p></td><td><p>22,850</p></td><td><p>24,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New customer helped</p></td><td><p>13,330</p></td><td><p>10,010</p></td><td><p>10,830</p></td><td><p>12,720</p></td><td><p>12,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,810</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30,780</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,560</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,820</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Access to Work is not an exclusively back-to-work scheme and the department’s data do not distinguish between those helped into new employment opportunities and those helped to retain existing work. The data quoted here are for total numbers helped by Access to Work. <br>These figures are taken from the latest statistics for Access to Work, which show figures for people helped by the scheme going back to 2007 and are published quarterly here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468889/access-to-work-statistics-apr-jun-2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468889/access-to-work-statistics-apr-jun-2015.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/11/2015 15:08:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

422372

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	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 (a) guidelines and (b) recommended timescales exist for processing last-minute Access to Work extra support requests.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	12410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The Access to Work guidance and policy for fast track application requests is that applications are identified and marked as urgent then allocated to an advisory team on the same day. This includes the Access to Work adviser making contact with the customer on the same day to ensure that their request is progressed as far as possible to the point of decision on the level of support if possible.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/10/2015 11:22:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

419582

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	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 estimate he has made of the number of people who will be affected by the introduction of the individual award limit to the Access to Work scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	10557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The annual limit on Access to Work awards of 1.5x average salaries (which currently equates to £40,800 per person per year) will be introduced for new customers from October 1st 2015.</p><p>There are 200 current customers, (approximately 0.5% of the current caseload) who are currently above this level. Current customers with awards above that level as of 1st October 2015 will have their existing award levels protected until 1st April 2018, provided their needs remain the same.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/10/2015 16:53:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

419172

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	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 is for an award to be agreed once an application for Access to Work has been submitted.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	10486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>In 2014/15 the numbers of 18-24s helped by Access to Work was 2460, which is an increase of 18% over the year before and the largest number helped since our records began in 2007.</p><p>Last year the government published the Young Disabled People’s Employment Portal, signposting young disabled people, their parents, carers, teachers and careers advisers to comprehensive sources of help and advice on employment support including Access to Work.</p><p>You can find more information about it here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-and-support-for-young-disabled-people-to-find-and-stay-in-work/help-and-support-for-young-disabled-people-to-find-and-stay-in-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-and-support-for-young-disabled-people-to-find-and-stay-in-work/help-and-support-for-young-disabled-people-to-find-and-stay-in-work</a></p><p>In addition, Access to Work has worked with stakeholders, including Department for Education; Further Education colleges; employment programme providers and a range of organisations who work with young disabled people, to promote Access to Work and introduce a new streamlined referral process to support young people in accessing supported internships or apprenticeships.</p><p>Official statistics for waiting times for Access to Work applications are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 10483 10484 10485 question first answered 12/10/2015 16:48:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

416328

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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 criteria his Department applies to identify those people in receipt of Access to Work support.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	8463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I am interpreting this question as asking for the definition of people who are helped by Access to Work.</p><p> </p><p>The following definition of the number of people helped in a given year is provided in the published statistics: &quot;individuals who have been assessed within the year or for whom there is an [Access to Work] element where approval has been made (including nil cost) and the element has been made available within the year.&quot;</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 12:41:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

416329

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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 criteria his Department has set for claimants of Access to Work support to qualify for the maximum level of support.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	8461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The £40,800 per year limit to individual Access to Work grants will be applied to new applicants from October 1st 2015. Individuals with current Access to Work grants will not be subject to the limit until April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>There will be no difference in criteria applied to customers affected by limit compared with those who are not.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2015 13:21:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

391920

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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 work his Department is undertaking to estimate the likely return on investment in the Access to Work Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	8161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Access to Work is a flexible scheme providing different sized awards tailored to individual circumstances which will therefore deliver different levels of return on investment for different cases.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have undertaken research to explore the potential costs and benefits of Access to Work expenditure, including the impacts on social security expenditure and income tax returns. However, It is difficult to establish an overall value for money figure. The main reason is that there is no readily available comparison group against which to assess the difference the programme makes to someone’s likelihood of being in work.</p><p> </p><p>Despite this the Government recognise the value users, employers and stakeholders place on the scheme and so the Government is committed to continue to build the evidence base with stakeholders’ input to understand the value Access to Work adds.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 16:01:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe