Funeral Payments: Preston

(asked on 13th March 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency (a) applied for and (b) received a Social Fund funeral payment in 2014.


Answered by
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Steve Webb
This question was answered on 18th March 2015

DWP does not hold data on Funeral Expenses Payments at constituency 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 Preston is Chorlton Benefit Delivery Centre (BDC). Table 1 shows the number of Funeral Expenses Payment a) applications and b) awards in the Chorlton BDC Budget Area in 2014. The Chorlton BDC Budget Area covers parts of 31 different Local Authorities, so these figures will include Funeral Expenses Payments made outside of the constituency of Preston.

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. DWP does not hold data on the number of individuals making applications.

Table 1: Funeral Expenses Payment applications and awards in the Chorlton BDC Social Fund Budget Area in 2014

Year

Applications

Awards

2014

5,010

2,950

Notes

· These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.

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· The number of applications and awards are rounded the nearest 10.

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