Housing Benefits Payable To Unemployed Under 21 years of age in the SBC Area

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Customer Services
Swindon Borough Council
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Swindon SN1 2JG
Phone: 01793 445500

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Dear Mr Morrison-Bates

Ref: FOI101000220954 Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your attached email received in our office on 8 June 2010.
The Council has a duty to deal promptly with your request or no later than
20 working days which in this case is 7 July 2010.

I enclose for your attention, the following information.

There are 523 claimants which meet the following criteria.

Search criteria used:
Are current claimants with a claim period start date which either
commenced before or after the 31/12/09 to 07/06/10.
Under 21 years of age

Not disabled (e.g. have personal status of Disablement Benefit or Severe
Disablement Benefit) Do not have an income type of EARN on there claim to
show they are in employments All of these claims are a mixture of Housing
Benefit & Council Tax Benefit or both.

If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review, you should
contact:

Customer Services
Civic Offices
Euclid Street
Swindon
Website: [1]www.[Swindon Borough Council request email]

The complaints/review procedure involves a full review and an examination
of all the information by the Council's Monitoring Officer.

If you are not content with the outcome of our conclusion, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner's Office for a decision, before
contacting the Council. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless
you have exhausted the Council's own complaints procedure.

The Information Officer can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Email: [2][email address]
Tel: 01625 545700 (ask for Freedom of Information)

If you require any further information concerning this matter, please
contact me as detailed, quoting the above reference number in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely

Sharon Druett

Sharon Druett ([email address])
Freedom of Information Officer
Law and Democratic Services
Swindon Borough Council
Tel: 01793 463377
Fax: 01793 463405
Web: [3]www.swindon.gov.uk

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