Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-02-22.
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.
Priti Patel
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 |
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.
