Universal credit- management information about timescales for mandatory reconsideration

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Martin Williams

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

Please provide me with any management information on how long it is taking to conduct a mandatory reconsideration in universal credit.

Ideally, I would like this information broken down by month since April 2016. If any detail is held showing how long it takes to conduct a mandatory reconsideration in a UC case dependent on type of request (eg WCA challenge, sanction, challenge to amount of earnings etc) that would be appreciated.

Please also disclose any performance indicators which are used for how long a mandatory reconsideration should take in a UC case and details of performance against those indicators.

Yours faithfully,

Martin Williams

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Martin Williams

Dear DWP freedom-of-information-requests,

Just wondering if this request could be attended to- I note the 20 working days usually expected has elapsed.

Thanks.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Williams

Martin Williams

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Work and Pensions's handling of my FOI request 'Universal credit- management information about timescales for mandatory reconsideration'.

A response to the request has not been received within the timescales.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/u...

Yours faithfully,

Martin Williams

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J Roberts left an annotation ()

What happened in January 2017? In this month there were 365 mandatory reconsiderations after 28 days. In the previous nine months there were less than 390 mandatory considerations after 28 days.

Martin Williams

Dear Operations FOI Requests,

Many thanks for your partial reply to my FOI request. It would be helpful if you could also provide:

1. For the same months in the UC live service - the numbers of mandatory reconsideration requests recorded as having been received.

2. Any equivalent or similar information to that provided in your response thus far for the universal credit full service caseload.

Thanks again.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Williams

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