Access to Work Programme
(asked on 27th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing received an award for (a) communication support at interview, (b) special aids and equipment and (c) a support worker in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
The information requested is in the tables below:
Number of awards each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing
Element type | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
Communication Support at Interview | 270 | 220 | 210 | 270 | 250 |
Special Aids and Equipment | 1,120 | 780 | 410 | 520 | 610 |
Support Worker | 3,910 | 4,020 | 4,000 | 4,230 | 4,470 |
Mean average spend each financial year for people whose primary medical condition was classified as difficulty in hearing
Element type | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
Communication Support at Interview | £200 | £200 | £200 | £300 | £200 |
Special Aids and Equipment | £1,000 | £1,300 | £1,300 | £1,000 | £1,200 |
Support Worker | £6,600 | £7,300 | £7,900 | £7,600 | £7,200 |
Source: Access to Work database (DiSC3)
Notes:
1. Award volumes are rounded to the nearest 10. Average amounts are rounded to the nearest £100.
2. The spend figures quoted in this response are from the Access to Work computer system (DiSC3), which we generally use for requests of detailed disaggregating (regions, disabilities etc) of spend such as this, rather than total spend. For total spend we normally use an accounting system which provides precise total amounts of actual spend in a year. The accounting system cannot produce the same detailed disaggregating of spend as the Access to Work computer system.