https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-apr-2013-to-31-march-2014<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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Please see figures for the last full three financial years for which data is avaiable:<\/p>
Numbers helped by Access to Work support in Scotland:<\/p>
2010/11: 2,800<\/p>
2011/12: 2,510<\/p>
2012/13: 2,500<\/p>
<\/p>
Numbers helped by Access to Work support in Great Britain:<\/p>
2010/11: 35,820<\/p>
2011/12: 30,780<\/p>
2012/13: 31,500<\/p>"}
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Please see figures for the last full three financial years for which data is available<\/p>
Access to Work programme spend in Scotland:<\/p>
2010/11: £6.5m<\/p>
2011/12: £6.0m<\/p>
2012/13: £5.9m<\/p>
<\/p>
Access to Work programme spend in Great Britain:<\/p>
2010/11: £105.5m<\/p>
2011/12: £98.3m<\/p>
2012/13: £99.0m<\/p>"}
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Access to Work is a valued and succesful national programme that makes a real difference to the working lives of disabled people throughout the UK.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Department for Work and Pensions has actively marketed Access to Work to raise awareness of the programme through a national marketing campaign lasting throughout 2013. This included activity to further strengthen our partnerships with key stakeholders and organisations, developing marketing materials, attending key events and digital marketing. The campaign involved a wide range of communications activities, including press releases, presentations at disability and employer events, articles in disability publications and engagement in direct marketing to large employers. It also included use of digital media, paid advertising links in popular search engines, magazine adverts and awareness training for Jobcentre Plus Disability Employment Advisors.<\/p>
<\/p>
Access to Work also featued in the launch of the Department's Disability Confident campaign in July 2013 and at subsequent local events, including Glasgow on 4 March 2014.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Department for Work and Pensions has worked closely with the Public Health division of the Scottish Government to raise awareness of Access to Work with health professionals. This included sharing information on the NHS Scotland's Knowledge Network and the Health and Employability Delivery Group.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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In the next spending round period, from April 2015, central government will continue to provide support to local authorities through general funds, as part of the coalition Government's commitment to reducing ring-fencing and ending top-down Whitehall control.<\/p>
<\/p>
It was always the intention that 2014-15 would be the last year of separate funding for local welfare provision from the Department for Work and Pensions. Councils will continue to provide support to those in their community who face financial difficulties or who find themselves in unavoidable circumstances.<\/p>
<\/p>
In contrast to a centralised grant system that was poorly targeted, councils can now choose how to best support local welfare needs within their areas. As this is an administrative change only no assessment has been made of the effects. However we are carrying out a review of the current arrangements, working with the Local Government Association and the Department for Communities and Local Government. Once completed it is our intention to place a copy of the findings in the House Library.
<\/p>"}
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It is not possible to calculate this because the Independent Living Fund's systems categorise its users by their main condition only; it is not known therefore how many users may have an autism spectrum disorder in addition to the main disability or health condition recorded.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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<\/p>
<\/p>
The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment Work Capability Assessment referrals to Atos Healthcare in each of the last three years is as follows:<\/p>
<\/p>
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 \u2013 1,553,839<\/p>
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 \u2013 1,742,593<\/p>
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 \u2013 1,495,159<\/p>
<\/p>
For the period October 2008 to May 2014, there have been 3,431,528 Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment cases processed by Atos Healthcare within 35 days.<\/p>
<\/p>
The latest (April 2014) national Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) is 118.9 days.<\/p>
There are a range of financial remedies available within the Medical Services contract to address service level failure. However this is a matter of commercial in confidence between the Department of Work and Pensions and its supplier Atos Healthcare.<\/p>
The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Allowance cases that were referred to Atos Healthcare processed and returned within 35 days in each of the last three years is as follows:<\/p>
<\/p>
a). UK<\/p>
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 \u2013 767,674<\/p>
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 \u2013 1,073,987<\/p>
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 \u2013 249,305<\/p>
<\/p>
b). Scotland<\/p>
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 \u2013 97,951<\/p>
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 \u2013 133,923<\/p>
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 \u2013 58,326<\/p>
<\/p>
c). West Lothian Local Authority Area<\/p>
The information requested is not available<\/p>"}
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