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<p>The information requested for claims processing times is shown in the table below.</p><p>
</p><p>The Department does not hold information on how many claims were paid within
five days of a claim being made as this will vary for each claim, depending on factors
such as a claimant’s circumstances and frequency of payment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Claims Processed in 5 working days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseekers
Allowance (JSA)</p></td><td><p>263,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment & Support
Allowance (ESA)</p></td><td><p>388,030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>The period the data covers is from
1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017.</p><p>All volumes are rounded to the nearest
10.</p><p>The data provided relates to the initial ESA assessment phase prior to the
Work Capability Assessment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p>Management
Information System Programme (MISP). MISP is a Departmental performance management,
data capture and reporting tool. This type of internal management information does
not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department
in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p>
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