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>
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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>
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There are no quotas applied to customer numbers or funding for particular disability groups.<\/p>
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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>
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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>
Department of Work and Pensions - Access To Work (<\/strong>ATW<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number of people helped with hearing impairments<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Amount spent on Hearing impairment £M<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> Total ATW customers<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total ATW spend £M<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008/09 <\/p><\/td> 4,950 <\/p><\/td> 21.7<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> 32,130 <\/p><\/td> 69<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009/10 <\/p><\/td> 5,450 <\/p><\/td> 28.5<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> 37,280 <\/p><\/td> 98<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11 <\/p><\/td> 5,300 <\/p><\/td> 32.7<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> 35,820 <\/p><\/td> 107<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12 <\/p><\/td> 4,960 <\/p><\/td> 34.1<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> 30,780 <\/p><\/td> 93<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13 <\/p><\/td> 5,250 <\/p><\/td> 34.5<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> 31,460 <\/p><\/td> 95.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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