Cost to the authority of Universal Credit

Claire Wilde made this Freedom of Information request to Havant Borough Council as part of a batch sent to 426 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Havant Borough Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Claire Wilde
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To whom it may concern,

Please can I request under the Freedom of Information Act:

a) Any estimate of the total monetary cost to your authority of the introduction of Universal Credit since its inception in 2013 (ideally broken down by municipal year and including 2018/19 to date);

b) The total monetary value of any crisis loans funded by yourselves and given to Universal Credit claimants since January 1 2013;

c) The total funding given by yourselves to third-sector organisations for the purpose of supporting Universal Credit claimants since January 1 2013;

d) The cost to yourselves of offering support or advice to Universal Credit claimants who are in financial difficulty or struggling with the process of claiming Universal Credit since January 1 2013;

If the following request cannot be met within cost limits, please provide advice on how I may refine my request.

Yours faithfully,

Claire Wilde

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Customer Service Centre, Havant Borough Council

Dear Ms Wilde

Thank you for your request for information about Cost to the authority of Universal Credit, which we received on 18th March 2019 . Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

As required by the legislation, we aim to answer your request within 20 working days from the date we received it. If for any reason we are unable to meet this deadline we will keep you fully informed of the reasons for this.

If you have any queries about this letter please do not hesitate to contact Customer Services on 023 9244 6019.

Yours sincerely

Ann Malone
Havant Borough Council
Public Service Plaza
Civic Centre Road
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2AX

Telephone: 023 92 446 019
Email: [Havant Borough Council request email]
Web: www.havant.gov.uk
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