Daily numbers of applications for Housing Benefit and Universal Credit
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
Many thanks for your responses to my earlier FOIs, as well as your advice on the most useful ways to submit FOI requests.
Could I please request:
1. The number of applications made for Housing Benefit, at a daily level,
for each day in 2020, 2021 and 2022 (ie. the exact same data as FOI2023 38880, but for alternative years)
2. The number of applications made for Universal Credit, at a daily level,
for each day in 2020, 2021 and 2022 (ie. the exact same data as in point 1, but for Universal Credit rather than Housing Benefit)
Link to FOI2023 38880:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...
ng-2336171
Yours faithfully,
Emily Silcock
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Dear Emily Silcock,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 30th
November.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
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