Teresa Pearce – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Teresa Pearce on 2014-03-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department has changed the requirements for access to funding through Access to Work for communication support for deaf and deafblind people; and if he will make a statement.

Mike Penning

We continually monitor the impact of our policies and processes by liaising with and requesting feedback from our customers and a range of stakeholder organisations.

The current process is being taken in respect of requests for funding from all customers needing assistance of this type and extent to ensure that programme funds are being managed equitably and consistently to assist with the work needs of the maximum possible number of disabled people.