Social Security Benefits
(asked on 6th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Question 5024, if he will list the circumstances in which Short Term Benefit Advance was not paid in 2014.
This question was answered on 9th July 2015
One of the main reasons that a Short Term Benefit Advance (STBA) was not paid in 2014 was because the Department was able to pay benefit instead. This was the best outcome for all concerned and meant a benefit advance was not necessary.
Other circumstances in which an STBA may not have been paid include where there was doubt as to whether the claimant was likely to be entitled to the benefit being claimed.