Access to Work Programme
(asked on 7th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of Access to Work Claimants were in work when claiming Access to Work compared to those with a job offer or those who were or are self-employed for the (1) 2021–22, (2) 2022–23, (3) 2023–24, and (4) 2024–25, financial years.
This question was answered on 21st February 2025
Available information on Access to Work claimants by employment status is in the following table:
Table 1. Proportion of individuals who received a payment for an Access to Work element within each financial year, by employment status.
Employment Status | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
Employed | 78% | 78% | 76% |
Self-employed | 9% | 10% | 12% |
Unemployed | 13% | 12% | 12% |
Notes
- These figures exclude Pre-Employment (Scotland), Engage to Change (Wales), Supported Internships (England), and Traineeships (England) and customers with missing employment status records.
- The ‘Unemployed’ category may include interns, temporary workers, people waiting to start a job and people who started their job in the last 6 weeks.
- Although we do collect data on employment status at the point of application, this data can be updated throughout the customer journey. Therefore, these figures show the employment status of customers at the end of each financial year, as we do not robustly have data which would show the employment status at the point of application.
- Figures for 2024/25 are not yet available as the financial year is incomplete.