Eilidh Whiteford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Eilidh Whiteford on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been provided to disabled people in Scotland and the UK through the Access to Work scheme in each of the last three years.

Mike Penning

Please see figures for the last full three financial years for which data is available

Access to Work programme spend in Scotland:

2010/11: £6.5m

2011/12: £6.0m

2012/13: £5.9m

Access to Work programme spend in Great Britain:

2010/11: £105.5m

2011/12: £98.3m

2012/13: £99.0m