Fact · Accessibility and health
£69,260per year (cap per grant)
Access to Work grants are capped per year, and the DWP factsheet gives a cap of £69,260 a year for grants awarded or reviewed between 1 April 2026 and 31 March 2027.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Access to Work grants awarded on or after 1 October 2015 are capped. The amount of the cap depends on when your grant was awarded or last reviewed. ... 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 £69,260”
Access to Work: factsheet for customers, Department for Work and Pensions, 2026, Section "Maximum amount of grants", table.
Open the original- What it measures
- The same table shows the cap was £66,000 from 1 April 2023 to 7 April 2024 and £69,260 from 8 April 2024 onward, unchanged through 31 March 2027.
- What it does not show
- The cap is a ceiling, not a typical award; software such as dictation tools costs far less. Figures apply to the dates in the table and may change in later years.