Social Security Benefits

(asked on 22nd February 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Field of Birkenhead Portrait
Lord Field of Birkenhead
(Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims have been made for a Short Term Benefit Advance in the last six months for which data is available; and what the outcomes of those claims were.

Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 25th February 2016

Please see table below for Short Term Benefit Advance (STBA) applications and the outcomes of those claims;

Aug-15

Sep-15

Oct-15

Nov-15

Dec-15

Jan-16

STBA Requests Received

17,450

17,188

17,391

17,355

17,428

17,526

STBA Requests Primary Benefit Paid
(where the primary benefit has been paid negating the need for an STBA)

3,420

3,984

3,890

3,688

3,971

3,699

STBA Requests Disallowed

5,691

5,398

4,973

4,749

4,938

5,375

STBAs Awarded

15,372

15,922

17,515

18,240

21,844

25,118

The data provided is for Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefits, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support.

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