Attendance Allowance
(asked on 30th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average clearance time for Attendance Allowance claims, based on the most recent data available, in each of the last five years for (1) all claims, and (2) special rules claims made for terminal illnesses with a DS1500 form.
This question was answered on 13th February 2020
The average clearance times for Attendance Allowance can be found in the following table:
| All Claims |
| Special Rules |
2014/15 | 16.9 days |
| 8.0 days |
2015/16 | 9.7 days |
| 5.4 days |
2016/17 | 17.6 days |
| 6.8 days |
2017/18 | 19.4 days |
| 5.3 days |
2018/19 | 20.5 days |
| 6.0 days |
2019/20 YTD | 29.6 days |
| 8.9 days |