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Short term benefit advances- tools for advisers
Hullo everyone,
Further to the workshops at the CPAG conferences on short-term benefit advances and Local Authority crisis support schemes, I have, much later than promised, now published a webpage with links to various resources about short-term benefit advances: http://www.cpag.org.uk/stba-adviser-tools . These include a standard letter that can be used to request an advance is considered (best emailed to local contacts at jobcentre in my experience).
Would be pleased to hear of any difficulties in obtaining short term advances. The evidence here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/numbers_of_short_term_benefit_ad suggests that whereas over 200,000 “alignment” crisis loans were made a quarter previously, now there are only 20,000 or so STBAs being made- I think the difference reflects a fall in provision rather than the DWP actually positively deciding an additional 180,000 claims a quarter promptly instead of giving an STBA.
This is worrying and another part of the story in which destitution produced by the benefit system is increasingly part of the experience of a much wider number of claimants.
Can’t seem to see links on the page…?
hi there - which links can’t you see?
Hi Ros
Me too. I can only see the link to the regs.
On the cpag page, “The links at the right hand side of the page provide access to the following resources ...”, but there don’t appear to be any ...
http://www.cpag.org.uk/stba-adviser-tools
the links are to the docs themselves in right hand column - link to standard letter as word doc is at the bottom of four documents as far as i can see….
Ah .. using Internet Explorer 9, the links aren’t there. In firefox, they are.
These direct links will not work, without copy/pasting the entire line:
http://www.cpag.org.uk/sites/all/modules/contrib/pubdlcnt/pubdlcnt.php?file=/sites/default/files/STBA Ben Ctr Chapter v1 4 dwp T753698 3.pdf&nid=1652STBA
http://www.cpag.org.uk/sites/all/modules/contrib/pubdlcnt/pubdlcnt.php?file=/sites/default/files/Support in JCs v1 4 DWP T753697.pdf&nid=1652
http://www.cpag.org.uk/sites/all/modules/contrib/pubdlcnt/pubdlcnt.php?file=/sites/default/files/Support in Contact Centres v1 4 dwp T753696.pdf&nid=1652
http://www.cpag.org.uk/sites/all/modules/contrib/pubdlcnt/pubdlcnt.php?file=/sites/default/files/STBA- standard letter- claim made await decision.doc&nid=1652
Martin - would welcome your thoughts on STBAs and re-claims for ESA under ESA Reg 30(3) follwing introduction of MR - see Tony Bowman’s post on 25/9 under the “MR ESA needing to claim JSA” thread [sorry cant do links]. Anticipate this will generate significant number of requests for STBA’s!
here’s a link to the ‘Mandatory Reconsiderations ESA needing to claim JSA’ thread -
Ah .. using Internet Explorer 9, the links aren’t there. In firefox, they are.
How odd. As a part-time CPAG web monkey, I will endeavour to work out the issue and make it all better (before giving up and asking someone more IT literate for help). Thanks for pointing it out.
Jon
Ah .. using Internet Explorer 9, the links aren’t there. In firefox, they are.
How odd. As a part-time CPAG web monkey, I will endeavour to work out the issue and make it all better (before giving up and asking someone more IT literate for help). Thanks for pointing it out.
Jon
Looks like the display error in IE has been fixed, thank you!