Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for funeral payments were (a) made and (b) granted in (i) Glasgow South West constituency, (ii) Glasgow and (iii) Scotland in 2016-17; and if he will make a statement.

DWP does not hold data on Funeral Payments at constituency or city level. The lowest geographical level at which we hold the data is by Social Fund Budget Area; the geographical areas used to administer the Social Fund in Great Britain. The Budget Area covering Glasgow South West, and Glasgow, is Springburn. Table 1 shows the number of Funeral Payment applications and awards in the Springburn Budget Area for 2016/17. These figures will include Funeral Payment awards made in areas outside the constituency of Glasgow South West and Glasgow.

Table 1: Funeral Payment applications and awards in the Springburn Social Fund Budget Area, 2016/17

The figures for Scotland are as follows:

Table 2: Funeral Payment applications and awards in Scotland, 2016/17

The following special points should be noted:

• These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.
• The number of awards made in each year is not equal to the number of people who made applications or received awards in that year. An individual may make multiple applications in a given time period.