Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average time taken to make a decision on an Access to Work assessment from (a) October 2022 to March 2023 and (b) April 2023 to November 2023.

The average time taken to make a decision on an Access to Work assessment from

(a) October 2022 to March 2023 was 60.5 days

(b) April 2023 to (end of) October 2023 was 47.0 days

Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.