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Written question asked by Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 18 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 July 2005. It was answered by James Plaskitt (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 October 2005 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Housing Benefit

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) average number of days to process new housing benefit claims and (b) percentage of new housing benefit claims determined within 14 days was in each local authority in Scotland in each of the last 16 quarters for which figures are available.
Answer

The available information has been placed in the Library.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
13957; 436 c2796W;436 c2822W
Session
2005-06
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 05/1046
Tuesday, 2 August 2005
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Housing Benefit
Wednesday, 5 October 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Housing benefit Scotland