Speeches

Neil Gray – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Gray on 2016-09-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland received support from Access to Work grants (a) in total and (b) for a mental health condition in each of the last three years.

Penny Mordaunt

The requested data is as follows:

Financial year

Number of people helped by Access to Work in Scotland

Number of people helped by Access to Work in Scotland with a primary medical condition recorded as “Mental health condition

2013/14

2,840

80

2014/15

2,860

90

2015/16

2,790

110

Note:

The Department does not routinely publish regional breakdowns of Access to Work data. These data were obtained from the Disability Service Client database and are rounded to the nearest 10.