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<p>When considering your questions, it should be noted that those that use the Access
to Work scheme are not a direct subset of the disabled adults of working age. Robust
proportions cannot be estimated by simply dividing figures for Access to Work by figures
for number of disabled adults of working age. This is because the data would come
from different data sources and are different data types.</p><p> </p><p>To be eligible
for Access to Work a person must be 16 or older, there is no upper age limit to eligibility
therefore some people who receive Access to Work will not be considered working age
(16-64 years old). Also Access to Work is available to those that have a disability
or health condition (physical or mental) that makes it hard for them to do parts of
their job or get to and from work therefore covers a broad range of people not just
those who identify themselves as ‘disabled’.</p><p> </p><p>When answering your question,
we have interpreted ‘received support’ as received a payment.</p><p> </p><p>The number
of people who received a payment from Access to Work for each financial year can be
found in Table 8 of the annual Access to Work Statistics publication. Table 8 shows
the number of people who received a payment for any Access to Work provision by various
customer characteristics including by region.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work
statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2019</a></p><p>
</p><p>Please note, number of people for each region is based on residency of the
beneficiary as opposed to place of work. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p>
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