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Housing Benefit statistics on speed of processing 2018 to 2019 (31 July 2019)
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Housing Benefit statistics on speed of processing 2018 to 2019
Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claimant.
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Speed of processing is a measure of the average time it takes to process a:
- new Housing Benefit claim
- change in circumstance of an existing Housing Benefit claimant
The average time is measured in calendar days, rounded to the nearest day.
Publication frequency
The Department for Work and Pensions statistics team are reviewing the frequency of their publications with a view to reduce the number of releases each year. This will enable them to direct efforts into development of the statistics and the expansion of the scope and content of the publications.
For this release the proposal is to reduce the current publication frequency from every 3 months to every 6 months. The 3 monthly data would still be available but would only be released every 6 months.
Please let us know:
- Do you support the reduced frequency of release? If not, please tell us why this would affect you as a user of the statistics. Please be specific in providing your reasons.
- What are the best months to publish? Please let us know if you use the published data for any other publication or to make a decision that happens at a particular time in the year.
Please email your feedback to stats-consultation@dwp.gpn.gov.uk, stating ‘Publication Frequency’ in your subject.
Please reply by 8 October 2019.
The statistics team appreciate your input and collaboration in this review.
Tell us what you think about these statistics
You can also complete our questionnaire about the speed of processing statistics to tell us:
- the way you use our statistics
- what you consider important
This will help us to improve our statistics.
Last updated 31 July 2019 + show all updates