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Means-tested Benefits: North Cornwall

Asked by Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 7375

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to (a) calculate and (b) distribute funding to people on means-tested benefits in North Cornwall constituency.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The department administers a wide variety of means-tested benefits and asked for clarification on which benefits you were specifically interested in. As no response was received we have interpreted the question to refer to the costs of administering all means-tested benefits in North Cornwall constituency. As such, I can confirm that no estimate has been made of administrative costs for the Department at constituency level.

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