Performance indicators (2003-4)
| Performance indicators | South Oxfordshire District Council | Oxfordshire County Council | English average |
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| Housing benefit security. Number of claimants visited per 1000 caseload | 27.17 | N/S | 210.18 |
| Housing benefit security. Number of investigators per 1000 caseload | 0.54 | N/S | N/A |
| Housing benefit security. Number of investigations per 1000 caseload | 58.14 | N/S | 43.58 |
| Housing benefit security. Number of prosecutions & sanctions per 1000 caseload | 16.03 | N/S | 3.81 |
| Average time for processing new benefit claims (days) | 43 days | N/S | 44 days |
| Average time for processing notifications of changes of circumstances (days) | 10 days | N/S | 13 days |
| % of renewal claims processed on time | 67.01 | 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 | 93.2 | N/S | 96.92 |
| %e of recoverable overpayments (excluding Council Tax Benefit) that were recovered in the year | 43.15 * | N/S | 47.74 |
| User satisfaction with office contact | 70 | N/S | 77.45 |
| Base numbers for survey | 1196 | N/S | 860.71 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 2.59 | N/S | 2.86 |
| User satisfaction with office service | 83 | N/S | 78.61 |
| Base numbers for survey | 406 | N/S | 529.66 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 3.63 | N/S | 3.64 |
| User satisfaction with telehone service | 59 | N/S | 67.79 |
| Base numbers for survey | 546 | N/S | 304.73 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 4.13 | N/S | 5.4 |
| User satisfaction with staff in the office | 74 | N/S | 80.41 |
| Base numbers for survey | 1114 | N/S | 833.75 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 2.58 | N/S | 2.77 |
| User satisfaction with forms | 62 | N/S | 63.14 |
| Base numbers for survey | 1248 | N/S | 872.87 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 2.69 | N/S | 3.34 |
| User satisfaction with speed of service | 67 | N/S | 69.44 |
| Base numbers for survey | 1257 | N/S | 883.92 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 2.6 | N/S | 3.11 |
| User satisfaction with service overall | 74 | N/S | 77.65 |
| Base numbers for survey | 1260 | N/S | 887.09 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 2.43 | N/S | 2.78 |
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