People approved for and paid Access to Work, Great Britain
Official statistics in development
People who had Access to Work support approved, and people who received a payment for it, in Great Britain each financial year, with the scheme's spending, from DWP's Access to Work statistics.
Approved for any provision
59,690
2025/26 · 78,440 people received a payment, and DWP spent £309,066,000
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 15:01 UTC- Approved for any provision
- Paid for any provision
Source: Department for Work and Pensions. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
19 periods, newest first
| Period | Approved for any provision | Paid for any provision |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 59,690 | 78,440 |
| 2024/25 | 56,880 | 74,200 |
| 2023/24 | 63,380 | 67,240 |
| 2022/23 | 47,190 | 54,210 |
| 2021/22 | 34,840 | 43,260 |
| 2020/21 | 31,680 | 41,700 |
| 2019/20 | 35,140 | 42,000 |
| 2018/19 | 31,390 | 37,690 |
| 2017/18 | 27,660 | 33,930 |
| 2016/17 | 24,910 | 29,970 |
| 2015/16 | 23,130 | 28,610 |
| 2014/15 | 24,280 | 29,640 |
| 2013/14 | 25,060 | 29,850 |
| 2012/13 | 22,810 | 27,760 |
| 2011/12 | 21,930 | 26,230 |
| 2010/11 | 25,660 | 32,260 |
| 2009/10 | 29,610 | 30,340 |
| 2008/09 | 26,230 | – |
| 2007/08 | 23,800 | – |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 9 November 2026, 14:48 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2026SHA-256 0898274e19524b453f838ec8a91ad8d9690bf27037ef6070f13d78e2b76f91ae · 10,195 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ae22ab4976f73ef5cfb6787/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2026-tables.odsSHA-256 42f4d240c4f550236178f3d77e2245bb5442b040c303be999c5483931c20c173 · 169,436 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 15:01 UTC Run at 9 November 2026, 15:01 UTC; 38 of 38 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Work and Pensions; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-09T14:48:39Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 38 of 38 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's spending and standing match |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 38 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 38 of 38 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's spending and standing match |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2025/26 ended 223 days before retrieval (limit 750), from Data tables: Access to Work, April 2007 to March 2026 |
| Pass | Assessments and elements make up the spending | 17 of 17 cases of the years' spending on assessments and on elements adds up to the spending on all provision, within DWP's rounding to £1,000 within 1,000 (13 exactly) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- People with any Access to Work provision approved in each financial year, and people who received a payment for any provision, as DWP counts them from its case management and payment systems; a person approved in one year may be paid in another.
- The spending is DWP's nominal spending on all provision in each year, from its Table EXP01.