Performance indicators (2003-4)
| Performance indicators | South Shropshire District Council | Shropshire County Council | English average |
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| Housing benefit security. Number of claimants visited per 1000 caseload | 410.56 | N/S | 210.18 |
| Housing benefit security. Number of investigators per 1000 caseload | 0.73 | N/S | N/A |
| Housing benefit security. Number of investigations per 1000 caseload | 76.25 | N/S | 43.58 |
| Housing benefit security. Number of prosecutions & sanctions per 1000 caseload | 6.6 | N/S | 3.81 |
| Average time for processing new benefit claims (days) | 30 days | N/S | 44 days |
| Average time for processing notifications of changes of circumstances (days) | 9 days | N/S | 13 days |
| % of renewal claims processed on time | 61.12 | N/S | 66.83 |
| % of cases for which the calculation of the amount of benefit due was correct on the basis of a random sample | 98.52 | N/S | 96.92 |
| %e of recoverable overpayments (excluding Council Tax Benefit) that were recovered in the year | 45.27 | N/S | 47.74 |
| User satisfaction with office contact | 87 * | N/S | 77.45 |
| Base numbers for survey | 703 * | N/S | 860.71 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 2.48 * | N/S | 2.86 |
| User satisfaction with office service | 85 * | N/S | 78.61 |
| Base numbers for survey | 396 * | N/S | 529.66 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 3.53 * | N/S | 3.64 |
| User satisfaction with telehone service | 79 * | N/S | 67.79 |
| Base numbers for survey | 242 * | N/S | 304.73 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 5.14 * | N/S | 5.4 |
| User satisfaction with staff in the office | 87 * | N/S | 80.41 |
| Base numbers for survey | 684 * | N/S | 833.75 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 2.52 * | N/S | 2.77 |
| User satisfaction with forms | 67 * | N/S | 63.14 |
| Base numbers for survey | 709 * | N/S | 872.87 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 3.47 * | N/S | 3.34 |
| User satisfaction with speed of service | 77 * | N/S | 69.44 |
| Base numbers for survey | 735 * | N/S | 883.92 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 3.03 * | N/S | 3.11 |
| User satisfaction with service overall | 85 * | N/S | 77.65 |
| Base numbers for survey | 738 * | N/S | 887.09 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 2.6 * | N/S | 2.78 |
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