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Social Security Benefits: Payments

Asked by Damian HindsConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 78094

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of claimants who receive payments (a) monthly, (b) weekly, (c) fortnightly and (d) at any other frequency for each benefit administered by his Depa

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The information requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

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