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Guidance

Access to Work: factsheet for customers

Factsheet about Access to Work and how it can help overcome barriers to starting or keeping a job if you have a disability or long term health condition.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
1 October 2012
Last updated
331 NovemberJanuary 20212022 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Access to Work: factsheet for customers

HTML

Details

This factsheet explains how Access to Work can provide practical and financial support to help you overcome barriers to starting or keeping a job if you have a disability or long term physical or mental health condition. It explains:

  • who can get help from Access to Work
  • what you’ll get
  • how to claim
  • how to ask for your award to be looked at again and how to complain

British Sign Language (BSL) videos

Watch the Access to Work: factsheet for customers BSL videos

Find more information on GOV.UK

Read more about Access to Work.

Read our employers’ guide to Access to Work.

Published 1 October 2012
Last updated 331 NovemberJanuary 20212022 + show all updates

  2. Updated information on how to claim, including accessible formats and communication methods.

  4. Updated with the latest rates effective from 1 April 2021.

  5. Updated guidance under heading 'Claiming Access to Work during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak'.

  10. Added Welsh translation.

  11. Added Access to Work cap amount of £59,200 for 2019 to 2020 to the HTML and PDF guides.

  15. Updated the fact sheet with information about the Access to Work cap from April 2016.

  16. Published updated version of the factsheet with more detail about the rules for Access to Work and British Sign Language videos.

  18. Factsheets updated to provide the latest information about Access to Work

  19. First published.

Update history

2025-07-24 09:14
Clarified: [1] that Access to Work will not pay for reasonable adjustments that your employer must legally make; [2] what information about your business you need to provide if you’re self-employed.

2024-05-16 11:54
Added new Access to Work grant cap of £69,260 effective from 8 April 2024.

2023-06-13 14:15
Removed the ‘Access to Work during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak’ section. Updated ‘How can it help me?’ section to include flexible working arrangements.

2023-04-10 00:15
Updated with the latest benefit rates, effective from 10 April 2023

2022-05-09 11:30
Added the maximum annual award limit for 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 – this is £65,180.

2022-01-31 00:15
Updated the Access to Work during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak section.

2021-11-03 15:17
Updated information on how to claim, including accessible formats and communication methods.

2021-04-01 00:00
Updated with the latest rates effective from 1 April 2021.