Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of (a) overspend and (b) underspend in the Access to Work scheme in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Access to Work is a demand led scheme and we look to meet that demand from a broader financial envelope rather than have a fixed budget. As the amount spent reflects the number and nature of those demands we do not routinely publish forecast spend.

The amount spent on AtW in each of the last 3 years is set out below

Spend on the Access to Work Scheme