Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the number of outstanding Access to Work applications was in each of the last 12 months.

The number of outstanding Access to Work applications in each of the last 12 months was:

June 2024 = 42,403

July 2024 = 48,270

August 2024 = 50,803

September 2024 = 54,530

October 2024 = 56,028

November 2024 = 58,112

December 2024 = 58,129

January 2025 = 60,427

February 2025 = 61,719

March 2025 = 61,674

April 2025 = 62,254

May 2025 = 62,907

Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics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