HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 c344W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give details for the latest available date of how long it takes to process attendance allowance applications from the date of claim to the issuing of a decision.

Mr. Scott

At 31 December 1989 the average time taken to decide an attendance allowance claim was about seven to eight weeks.