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Deprivation and low income

Description Council Tax Benefit (CTB) recipients by County, Local Authority and by tenure
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Description Housing Benefit recipients: by County, Local Authority and by tenure
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR)
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Description Performance statistics monitor how well or how badly their council is doing at administering housing and council tax benefit. Measures of performance include Average time for processing new claims, Percentage of new claims outstanding over 50 days, Percentage of new claims decided within 14 days of receipt of the local authority receiving all necessary information, Percentage of new Rent Allowance claims paid where the first payment is made on time, Average time for processing changes of circumstances, Percentage of cases calculated correctly.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR)
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Description The purpose of the dataset is to provide an indication of the geographical distribution of private tenants' applications for Housing Benefit, to show the size, type and age of dwellings concerned, the rents charged by landlords and the relevant Local Reference Rent (LRR). The figures presented cover the total number of private tenants' applications for Housing Benefit, and the Pre-Tenancy Housing Benefit eligibility determination by the Rent Service (RS) under the provisions of the Housing Act 1988. The dataset uses data from applications for both normal and pre tenancy determinations.
Geographic units Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Communities and Local Government (CLG)

Description The number of changes to customers HB/CTB benefit entitlement that are processed by the local authority in a year.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

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