questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Huge recruitment boost to tackle backlog in vital disability work scheme, published on 19 May 2026, what estimate he has made of the number of employers affected by delays in Access to Work decisions.
answerText: Access to Work applications are processed and recorded at the individual applicant level, as grants are awarded to individuals rather than employers. The Department is unable to extract data on the number of employers that could be affected by delays. Fin...
heading: Access to Work Scheme: Standards