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Written question asked by Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 26 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 March 2010. It was answered by Jonathan Shaw (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Employment and Support Allowance

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how long on average her Department took to process a claim for employment and support allowance in (a) Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency, (b) the Highlands, (c) Scotland and (d) England and Wales in each of the last 12 months.
Answer

The information is not available.Jobcentre Plus is introducing a target for employment and support allowance clearance times from April 2010 and official statistics which will be used to monitor progress will be published in May.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c231W; 320125
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Employment and support allowance
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk