Guidance

Access to Work Holistic Assessments live running memo 11

Updated 4 July 2025

To: Access to Work Holistic Assessments Providers

From: Access to Work Live Running Policy Team

Subject: Revisions to the Access to Work Holistic Assessments Provider Guidance Chapter 1, 2, 5 and Annex A, B, C and E.

Action: For information

Timing: Immediate

Background

An update has been made to the Access to Work Holistic Assessment Provider Guidance.

Chapter 1 – Change the open grant limit from 2024 to 2025.

Chapter 2 – Removed SCR reference in the document and updated MAPPA requirements.

Chapter 5 – paragraph 5.31, bullet point 5, code 8 has been updated to clarify that where a health condition is not covered in options 1 to 7, the condition should be recorded under option 8 (Other). Additionally, the SCR section has been removed.

The guidance Annexes have been updated to include page numbering.

Summary and action

You and your supply chain partners must familiarise yourself with these amendments to the Provider Guidance as soon as possible.

Further information

All enquiries on this memo should be raised with your Performance Manager in the first instance. They will endeavour to provide you with an answer as soon as possible.

Queries relating to the Provider Guidance should be directed to the Access to Work Provider Guidance Policy inbox: atwproviderguidance.policy@dwp.gov.uk

If your enquiry is of a Commercial nature, please use the messaging facility on JAGGAER.