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<p>Around 60% of eligible new claims to Universal Credit received an advance in October
2018. Subject to some fluctuation, this has been broadly consistent for every month
for which the data has been requested.</p><p> </p><p>There were 98,250 Short Term
Benefit Advances for Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Jobseeker’s
Allowance and Income Support awarded to individual national insurance numbers in Great
Britain between January and December 2017. On the number of applications, this information
is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p>
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