Jobseeker's Allowance (Hansard, 6 November 2001)

HC Deb 06 November 2001 vol 374 c190W 190W

§ Mr. Clappison
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average processing time is for repeat benefit claims for(a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) income support.[11258]

§ Malcolm Wicks
Information on repeat benefit claims is not collected separately. The average time taken to clear a new or repeat benefit claim to jobseeker's allowance is 9.3 days; and for income support it is 7.6 days.
Source: Validated data from the Income Support Computer System, April to July 2001