§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the longest period of time an applicant in Kirkby has waited from the time of applying for a special needs payment to receipt of payment.
§ Mr. WhitneyThis information is not readily available. However, Kirkby local office has taken steps recently to reduce the average time for dealing with claims for supplementary benefit single payments, and this is now about seven to 10 days on average.