The most recently available data on Short Term Benefit Advances (STBA) is shown in the table below:<\/p>
<\/p>
January 2016 - December 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> STBA Applications Received by the Department<\/p><\/td> 197,514<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> STBA Awarded to individual national insurance numbers<\/p><\/td> 98,633<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> The data covers the period January 16 to December 16. Data after this date is not currently available.<\/p> <\/p> Data is also not available for unsuccessful applications and the difference between \u2018received\u2019 and \u2018awarded\u2019 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> Notes:<\/strong><\/p> Only Working Age Benefits (i.e. Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Jobseeker\u2019s 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\u2019s Allowance is not available.<\/p> <\/p> Source:<\/strong><\/p> 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> STBA Awarded<\/strong> - Benefit Expenditure Business Information system<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 116788, how many households from (a) Barandon Walk, (b) Hurstway Walk, (c) Testerton Walk, (d) Treadgold House, (e) Bramley House and (f) other surrounding blocks in the Lancaster West Estate remain in emergency accommodation following the Grenfell Tower fire.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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