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income support

can anyone tell me how long it takes to get income support its been nearly 3 weeks now not heard anything

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  • have you contacted them to ask how your claim is progressing?
  • sue149
    sue149 Posts: 380 Forumite
    was going to ring tomorrow just did nt know weather it does take a while
  • depends how busy they are and how complicated or not your claim is
  • nicnak66
    nicnak66 Posts: 57 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    probably about 3 weeks but just call your benefit centre and ask how you claim is coming along. some have more of a backlog than others.

    you can only claim income support if you

    are a single parent with a child under 5

    or

    as a top up to carers allowance or ssp.
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