Housing Benefit statistics on speed of processing for 2023 to 2024
Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claim.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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Speed of processing is a measure of the average time it takes to process a:
- new Housing Benefit claim
- change of circumstance to an existing Housing Benefit claim
The average time is measured in calendar days, rounded to the nearest day.
The statistics on this page are for:
- January to March 2024 (quarter 4, financial year 2023 to 2024)
- October to December 2023 (quarter 3, financial year 2023 to 2024)
- July to September 2023 (quarter 2, financial year 2023 to 2024
- April to June 2023 (quarter 1, financial year 2023 to 2024)
Updates to this page
Last updated 31 July 2024 + show all updates
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Added statistics for the period January to March 2024. This is also known as quarter 4 of the financial year 2023 to 2024.
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Added statistics for the period October to December 2023. This is also known as quarter 3 of financial year 2023 to 2024.
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Added statistics for the period July to September 2023. This is also known as quarter 2 of the financial year 2023 to 2024.
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First published.