Social Security Benefits

(asked on 2nd February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2017 to Question 62388, on social security benefits, what information his Department holds on the number of claimants who have applied for (a) jobseekers' allowance and (b) universal credit (i) by post and (ii) during a home visit.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 7th February 2017

The Department holds information on the number of claimants who have applied for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit but the Department does not hold any Management Information on claims made by post or during a home visit.

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