Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on the annual award renewal of the Access to Work Scheme.
The Department has not completed a specific assessment of award renewals during the Covid-19 period. However, the Access to Work Official Statistics provide information on approvals, payments and expenditure by element type, which covers the period up to March 2021: Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)