Social Security Benefits
(asked on 1st March 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is after a new (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance claim has been processed to make a first payment to a claimant.
This question was answered on 4th March 2016
The Department does not hold data on the time taken to make a payment.