Revenues and benefits customer service standards

Response times for Housing Benefit

Housing Benefit
Emails recevied from our call centre We aim to reply within 5 working days
Service requests We aim to call back within 5 working days
New claim We aim to process fully evidenced claims within an average of 28 working days
Changes in circumstances We aim to process changes within an average of 18 working days
Discretionary Housing Payment We aim to assess these within an average of 28 working days
Reviews

We aim to assess reviews within an average of 14 working days

Complaints We aim to acknowledge and record your complaint within 5 working days of receipt