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, how many people in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK have received support 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 avaiable:

Numbers helped by Access to Work support in Scotland:

2010/11: 2,800

2011/12: 2,510

2012/13: 2,500

Numbers helped by Access to Work support in Great Britain:

2010/11: 35,820

2011/12: 30,780

2012/13: 31,500