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<p>Please see table below for Short Term Benefit Advance (STBA) applications and those
which have been successful;</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>October
2014 – September 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STBA Applications Received</p></td><td><p>228,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STBA
Primary Benefits Paid</p></td><td><p>52,517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STBA Decisions
Made</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STBA Awarded</p></td><td><p>87,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>%
STBA Awarded against Decisions Made</p></td><td><p>79.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br
/><p>The figures in the above table cannot be added/subtracted together due to each
stage of the process incurring a time lag.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Definitions</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><ul><li>STBA
Applications Received - The number of applications received by the Department requesting
an STBA</li><li>STBA Primary Benefits Paid - The number of applications which have
not been sent for decision due to the primary benefit being paid, negating the need
for an STBA</li><li>STBA Decisions Made - The number of STBA applications which have
been sent for a decision (this has been included due to being part of the calculation
for the success rate)</li><li>STBA Awarded - Of those sent for a decision this is
the number which have been awarded an STBA</li><li>% STBA Awarded against Decisions
Made - This is the success rate of STBAs sent for decision</li></ul><br /><p>For context
we have also supplied the number of claims which have not been</p><p>submitted for
decision due to primary benefit being paid and STBA decisions made.</p><br /> <br
/><p>The data provided is for Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefits,
Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support.</p><br /><p>DWP intends to publish figures
on the number of hardship applications and awards separately.</p><br /><p><strong>Source</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>STBA</strong><strong>
Applications Received & Primary Benefits Paid - </strong>Management Information
System Programme (MISP). This collation is based on clerical counts submitted by the
Centres and is Internal MI which has been agreed for use in publications of Parliamentary
questions and Freedom of Information requests.</p><br /><p><strong>STBA</strong><strong>
Awarded</strong> - Benefit Expenditure Business Information system.</p>
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