Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee
The Access to Work scheme
Status: Open
Opened: 12 Dec 2025
The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) funds and administers the Access to Work scheme. Introduced in 1994, it is designed to help disabled people and those with health conditions. Support can take the form of an assessment exploring barriers to employment in a workplace and making recommendations to overcoming them, and can fund practical …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2026 | Bill Thorpe · Department for Work and Pensions, Helga Swidenbank · Department for Work and Pensions, Neil Couling CB CBE · DWP Services and Fraud, Sir Peter Schofield KCB · Department for Work and Pensions | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | To cttee | Letter from the Access to Work Collective to the Chair of the Public Accounts C… |