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registered interest
date	15/01/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to ensure that Scotland is allocated a proportionate share of the Access to Work budget.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>We continue to raise awareness of Access to Work throughout the country, including Scotland, using a targeted marketing approach; focusing on previously underrepresented groups such as young people, people with mental health conditions and people with learning disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work funding is not allocated on a regional basis. The scheme is available for anyone aged 16 or over who lives in England, Scotland or Wales and who has 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. The number of people in Scotland receiving support through Access to Work follows trends in the growth of the service overall, and has been increasing year-on-year since 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Further statistical information on Access to Work can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/01/2020 14:47:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

576533

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland received support from Access to Work grants (a) in total and (b) for a mental health condition in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	45060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The requested data is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of people helped by Access to Work in Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of people helped by Access to Work in Scotland with a primary medical condition recorded as “Mental health condition</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2,840</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2,860</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><strong>Note:</strong></em></p><p><em>The Department does not routinely publish regional breakdowns of Access to Work data. These data were obtained from the Disability Service Client database and are rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 13:41:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

388359

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work were (a) made and (b) granted in Scotland in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	5967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of new starts on Access to Work in Scotland in each of the last three financial years[1].</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of new starts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>860</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>[1] Estimates were obtained from the Access to Work database (DiSC3) and are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/07/2015 11:28:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

58415

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to promote the Access to Work scheme to disabled people in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	199330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>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> </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> </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> </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><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 11:00:22 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford