Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for transitioning from jobseeker's allowance to income support.

We do not hold any data in relation to cases which have transitioned from Jobseekers Allowance to Income Support, however we can confirm that the year-to-date (YTD) figure as at November 16 is 83.8% for Income Support claims cleared within 5 days.