{"value":{"id":1753348,"askingMemberId":4903,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-21T00:00:00","uin":"HL3810","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what was the spending on support workers through Access to Work in each of the last five financial years.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4147,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The annual Access to Work Official Statistics show expenditure on the Support Worker element within each financial year from 2007/08 to 2023/24. The latest publication can be found here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2024\" target=\"_blank\">Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2024 - GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p><p>The below table shows expenditure, in real terms (2023/24 prices), on the Support Worker element type from 2019/20 to 2023/24. These figures can be found in Table 12a of the Access to Work Official Statistics:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m) in real terms (2023/24 prices)</strong></p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>When interpreting results, particularly comparing time periods, please be aware of the potential effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic between 2020/21 and 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>Nominal expenditure for the Support Worker element type can be located in Table 12 of the Access to Work Official Statistics.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Access to Work Programme: Staff","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1753348","method":"GET"}]}