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  • calcotti
    calcotti Posts: 15,696 Forumite
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    dawnmorris said: Do they have targets to reject so many grants so then they don’t have to pay out and save money?
    No they don't.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.
  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 22,280 Forumite
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    I can only think my application form has been somewhere in DWP with the rest of mail waiting to be opened, maybe there is a back log I don’t even know about. They may not have had the same volume of staff working maybe due to COVID?

    Do they have targets to reject so many grants so then they don’t have to pay out and save money?

    Thanks for looking at my post.

    Dawn
    If you received a text 23 June, then it was opened. As that is the only way to know your details.

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