Access to Work Programme: Finance
(asked on 6th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the budget for the Access to Work scheme has been underspent, and if so, by how much, in each of the past five years.
Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 20th December 2023
Access to Work grant expenditure has been underspent against budget in three of the past five years.
£m | 18/19 | 19/20 | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 |
Budget (mid-year adjusted) | 117.1 | 145.3 | 108.6 | 151.9 | 178.3 |
Full year outturn | 124.5 | 146.8 | 104.5 | 146.5 | 177.3 |
(Over) / Underspend | (7.4) | (1.4) | 4.1 | 5.5 | 1.0 |
Other than years impacted by the Pandemic, the grant expenditure has increased year on year.