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The earnings threshold in Carer\u2019s Allowance is regularly reviewed. It is designed to enable carers to maintain a link with the labour market and achieve greater financial independence. It is increased periodically, most recently from £100 to £102 on 20 May 2014.<\/p>
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Short Term Benefit Advances (STBA) are only available against legacy benefits. Universal Credit has it's own system of benefit advances. The equivalent support to STBA is provided by either the Universal Credit (new claim) advance or the Universal Credit (change of circumstance) advance.<\/p>
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Currently these costs are not reported separately. UC benefit expenditure is published in the table in the attached link<\/p>
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<\/td> | Initial assessments<\/p><\/td> | Repeat assessments<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
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Barnsley LA<\/p><\/td> | 1,400<\/p><\/td> | 500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
South Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> | 6,400<\/p><\/td> | 2,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare.<\/p> <\/p> Notes:<\/p>
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