Performance indicators (2003-4)
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| Housing & Council Tax benefit performance indicators | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | English average |
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* Doubts expressed about arrangements for producing the information ** Authorities have not supplied base data A blank space means that the indicator was either not provided by the local authority or is not applicable |
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| Housing benefit security. Number of claimants visited per 1000 caseload | 408.97 | 210.18 |
| Housing benefit security. Number of investigators per 1000 caseload | 0.32 | N/A |
| Housing benefit security. Number of investigations per 1000 caseload | 40.68 | 43.58 |
| Housing benefit security. Number of prosecutions & sanctions per 1000 caseload | 5.74 | 3.81 |
| Average time for processing new benefit claims (days) | 66 days | 44 days |
| Average time for processing notifications of changes of circumstances (days) | 20 days | 13 days |
| % of renewal claims processed on time | 38.45 | 66.83 |
| % of cases for which the calculation of the amount of benefit due was correct on the basis of a random sample | 89.6 | 96.92 |
| %e of recoverable overpayments (excluding Council Tax Benefit) that were recovered in the year | 63.26 | 47.74 |
| User satisfaction with office contact | 72 | 77.45 |
| Base numbers for survey | 772 | 860.71 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 3.18 | 2.86 |
| User satisfaction with office service | 65 | 78.61 |
| Base numbers for survey | 476 | 529.66 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 4.29 | 3.64 |
| User satisfaction with telehone service | 46 | 67.79 |
| Base numbers for survey | 267 | 304.73 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 5.98 | 5.4 |
| User satisfaction with staff in the office | 76 | 80.41 |
| Base numbers for survey | 743 | 833.75 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 3.09 | 2.77 |
| User satisfaction with forms | 62 | 63.14 |
| Base numbers for survey | 778 | 872.87 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 3.42 | 3.34 |
| User satisfaction with speed of service | 59 | 69.44 |
| Base numbers for survey | 781 | 883.92 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 3.46 | 3.11 |
| User satisfaction with service overall | 69 | 77.65 |
| Base numbers for survey | 786 | 887.09 |
| Confidence interval for survey | 3.23 | 2.78 |
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