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date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Vacancies: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the tools, processes and techniques used by Monster on its commercial job search website to protect users from fraudulent activity are not used on Universal Jobmatch; and what changes Monster has proposed to his Department to improve anti-fraud protection on his Department's website.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	208500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Any information on the tools, processes or techniques used by Monster on it's commercial job search website would be held by Monster. In addition, for obvious reasons, it would not be in the public interest for the Department to disclose particular details of our anti-fraud measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/09/2014 12:40:57 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for short benefit advances in 2013-14; how many such applications were successful; what average amount was awarded to successful claimants; and what reason was given for the rejection of each unsuccessful application.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	208472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The total volume of Short Term Benefit Advance (STBA) applications received from April 2013 to March 2014 was around 313k. This figure relates to JSA, ESA, IS and IB applications only. Of these applications, around 90k received an immediate payment of benefit. Of the remaining 223k, around 79k were successful in receiving a Short Term Benefit Advance with an average award of approximately £57.00.</p><p> </p><p>We do not keep data on the reasons for refusal of STBAs</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/09/2014 13:08:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead