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<p>The most recently available data on Short Term Benefit Advances (STBA) is shown
in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>January
2016 - December 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STBA Applications Received by
the Department</p></td><td><p>197,514</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>STBA
Awarded to individual national insurance numbers</p></td><td><p>98,633</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The data covers the period January 16 to December 16. Data after this
date is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Data is also not available for unsuccessful
applications and the difference between ‘received’ and ‘awarded’ applications in the
table above does not equate to unsuccessful applications. This is because there are
a large proportion of applications in which the primary benefit is paid, which negates
the need for a STBA.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>Only Working Age
Benefits (i.e. Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Jobseeker’s Allowance
and Income Support) are included in the above information for STBA applications as
the number of applications received for State Pension Credit and Carer’s Allowance
is not available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p><strong>STBA Applications
Received </strong>- Management Information System Programme (MISP). This collation
is based on clerical counts submitted by the each Centre and is Internal MI which
has been agreed for use in publications of Parliamentary questions and Freedom of
Information requests.</p><p> </p><p><strong>STBA Awarded</strong> - Benefit Expenditure
Business Information system</p>
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