Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have requested communication support in job interviews through the access to work scheme in each of the last five years.

In each of the last five years the following number of applications have been received for communication support in job interviews through the access to work scheme:

2019-20 = Not available (info not collected)

2020-21 = 448

2021-22 = 708

2022-23 = 718

2023-24 = 599

Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics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.