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Written question asked by Lord Godson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 December 2025. It was answered by Baroness Sherlock (Labour) on Monday, 8 December 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Access to Work Programme: Audio Equipment

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people have received noise-cancelling headphones through Access to Work in each of the past five years, and what is the average cost of those headphones.

Answer

Details of the specific special aides/equipment an individual claims payment for is stored as descriptive free-text information and would require manual examination of individual applications to analyse and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12340
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Costs Audio equipment Access to work programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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