§ Mr. RoyTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time taken to process a new claim for the(a) working families tax credit and (b) jobseeker's allowance was in the last six months. [32469]
§ Malcolm WicksFor the six months ending 31 December 2001 the average time taken to process a working families tax credit application was 15.2 working days and the average time taken to process a claim to jobseeker's allowance was 9.7 working days.