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<p /> <p /> <p>Access to Work supports employed people with all types of disability;
the budget is not allocated to particular disability groups in advance of applications.
Existing policies on the cost effective funding of full time support workers are being
enforced to ensure the programme remains available for new applicants.</p><p> </p><p>Access
to Work supports employed people with all types of disability; the budget is not allocated
to particular disability groups in advance of applications. Existing policies on the
cost effective funding of full time support workers are being enforced to ensure the
programme remains available for new applicants.</p><p> </p><p>There are no quotas
applied to customer numbers or funding for particular disability groups.</p><p> </p><p>There
are currently a small number of investigations where charges have been made and are
due to be heard in court over the summer months. We continue to monitor the system
for abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that DWP only has information based on Primary
Disability type. Therefore total spend on hearing impaired customers is shown below,
this includes other Access to Work support. However spend relating to Deafblind customers
is not available from our records.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Department
of Work and Pensions - Access To Work (</strong><strong>ATW</strong><strong>)</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of people
helped with hearing impairments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount spent on Hearing
impairment £M</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total ATW customers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
ATW spend £M</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 </p></td><td><p> 4,950 </p></td><td><p>21.7</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> 32,130 </p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 </p></td><td><p>
5,450 </p></td><td><p>28.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> 37,280 </p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11
</p></td><td><p> 5,300 </p></td><td><p>32.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> 35,820
</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 </p></td><td><p> 4,960 </p></td><td><p>34.1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> 30,780 </p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 </p></td><td><p>
5,250 </p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> 31,460 </p></td><td><p>95.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
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