Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications to the Access to Work Scheme were (a) unsuccessful and (b) submitted for reconsideration in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland in 2022.

The information requested about unsuccessful Access to Work applications that have been made in England, Wales and Scotland is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

However, the Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2021/22. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.

The latest Access to Work statistics can be found here:

Access to Work statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).