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Written question asked by Vicky Foxcroft (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 May 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 May 2024. It was answered by Mims Davies (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 May 2024 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Access to Work Programme: Osteoarthritis

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living with osteoarthritis have (a) applied for and (b) been successful in an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.

Answer

The Department does collect information on Access to Work applicant’s primary medical condition, however we do not hold information to the level required to identify people with the specific conditions requested. Therefore, we are not able to make an estimate of the number of people that have applied for, or been approved, for support through the Access to Work scheme.

Information on Access to Work volumes for approvals and recipients by primary medical condition are published annually in the official statistics found here.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
25284
Session
2023-24
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Access to work programme Osteoarthritis
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk