Access to Work Programme
(asked on 7th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government what the current departmental expenditure limit shortfall is for Access to Work; and what the departmental expenditure limit shortfall was in the (1) 2022–23, and (2) 2023–24, financial years.
The SR 2021 settlement included baseline funding c£140m per annum. The forecast expenditure for 2024/25 is £290m.
The table below shows Access to Work outturn expenditure for 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Financial Year | Expenditure on Access to Work elements (£ nominal) |
2022/23 | 179,679,000 |
2023/24 | 255,171,000 |
Source: Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2024 - GOV.UK. Figures are rounded to the nearest £1000 and data for 2024/25 is not yet available. These figures also include expenditure on the Mental Health Support service but do not include expenditure on the Transitional Employer Support Grant (TESG)1, therefore are not directly comparable with SR settlement figures to be able to determine a shortfall.