§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the average time taken to process applications for each of the main benefits for which his offices covering the Nottingham, North constituency are
Clearance times in working days Castlegate David lane Shakespeare street Station street Income support 7.00 3.90 8.80 11.00 Retirement pension 16.80 9.00 26.70 17.90 Sickness/Invalidity benefit 6.80 7.50 10.70 7.70 Social fund (i) Budget loan 4.50 17.03 3.82 4.83 (ii) Community care grant 7.99 15.36 6.26 6.91 (iii) Crisis loan 0.30 0.25 0.16 0.46