The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), which is co-ordinating a joint rapid response by 14 charities including the British Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the Children, is acting after at least 11,000 people were killed in the disaster. It is useful to note that in quarter 4 each year, the volume of change of circumstances to existing HB claims increases, due to the end of the financial year before the uprating of rent. However, the average number of days to process those claims decreases because LAs tend to allocate extra resource to process these changes. In the other quarters, the volume of change of circumstances to existing HB claims decrease and have a higher average speed of processing. DWP publish HB Caseload National Statistics. The statistics are published quarterly showing monthly caseload figures which are measured on a claimant basis. Full statistics on HB caseload since August 2013 are available from Stat-Xplore and Excel tables. The quarterly average number of days to process change of circumstances to existing HB claims at the LA level ranged from 1 to 20 calendar days during quarter 4 2022 to 2023: Historically, rolling average year-end speed of processing days for new HB claims show a decreasing trend to quarter 4 2019 to 2020, where they remained stable to quarter 2 2020 to 2021. From the year ending quarter 3 2020 to 2021, the rolling average number of days followed an increasing trend which reached a high at quarter 3 2022 to 2023. This coincided with changes to operational processes, including the reallocation of resource, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latest quarter, the rolling average year-end figure has decreased slightly.

Residents in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying baby whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble of a five-story apartment building. This notation in parentheses is also common: 11000/12 = 916.(6): However, in daily use it’s likely you come across the reptend indicated as ellipsis: 11000 / 12 = 916.6… .

On average, LAs process a greater number of change of circumstances to existing HB claims than new HB claims. Volume of HB Claims in GB, quarter 4 2022 to 2023 Type of Claim Details for the average speed of processing for individual LAs can be seen in table 1 of the accompanying data tables. As of this morning, we know that three British nationals are missing and the Foreign Office’s Crisis Response Hub is working to support the at least 35 British nationals who have been directly affected by these earthquakes," he said in the statement. “We assess that the likelihood of large-scale British casualties remains low," he added. The average number of days taken to process a change of circumstance to an existing HB claim during the latest quarter was 3 calendar days. This is five days lower than quarter 3 2022 to 2023 and the same as a year earlier.

What we’ve seen in the last 24 hours (is) that the Turkish citizens in the UK are just absolutely amazing. Disasters Emergency Committee to launch fundraising appeal - with UK government set to match public donations People attempted to standardise the rules from the whole 35……………., known as the ‘Cambridge Rules’ in 1848. It is worth noting that speed of processing times are derived from LA administrative systems. Sometimes changes to LAs’ IT processes and system conversions can result in higher levels of LA speed of processing times for months while these changes are taking place. Sometimes we need to omit certain LA data due to concerns over the quality of the data however the omission of LA data does not change the story in the release but can sometimes have a slight impact on regional level figures.The 7.8 magnitude quake hit Turkish city Gaziantep in the early hours of Monday, reducing thousands of homes and buildings across the south of the country and northern Syria to rubble as people slept. Turkish people have applauded the reaction of those living in the UK who have “swarmed” to donate thousands of pounds and hundreds of boxes of humanitarian aid. A spokesman for the British Turkish Association, based in Luton, said the reaction of “all communities” in London has been “emotional”.