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Standards For Providing Benefits

Vision Statement For Providing Benefits

With the use of modern technologies, and by developing our staff, we will deliver to the people of Poole a Benefit Service for the 21st Century showing, care, commitment, best practice and fairness.

Indicator NI 181: Time taken to process Housing / Council Tax Benefit new claims and changes fo circumstance

We make every effort to process claims and changes as quickly as possible. The average time taken in calendar days to process all new claims and changes of circumstance in Housing and Council Tax Benefit over the last financial year are given below.

2010 - 2011

NI181 (combined) days

New Claims

Changes of Circumstance 

Poole

10

17

8

National Average

11

23

11

South west Unitary Authority Average

14

26

11

   

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Email
financialservices@poole.g
ov.uk

Telephone
01202 633114

Text Relay
18001 01202 633114

Address
Benefits Service
Financial Services
Civic Centre
Poole
BH15 2YE