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>
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>
There are no quotas applied to customer numbers or funding for particular disability groups.<\/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>
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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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department undertook (a) an impact assessment and (b) consultation with deaf and deafblind users of Access to Work, their representative organisations and with employers prior to the implementation of Access to Work funding limitations for the provision of communication support for deaf and deafblind people in the workplace.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department made of the potential effect on deaf and deafblind people of restrictions on access to work funding for the provision of communication support for such people prior to the introduction of those restrictions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/42341/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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> 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> There are no quotas applied to customer numbers or funding for particular disability groups.<\/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> 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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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) deaf and (b) deafblind people have employed a full-time communication professional following recent changes in the implementation of access to work guidance.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the market value of a NRCPD-registered sign language interpreter; and how this estimate was used during the identification of an appropriate Access to Work funding cap for a full-time sign language interpreter.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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