Funeral Payments

(asked on 23rd June 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 each benefit delivery area (a) applied for and (b) received funeral payments in 2014.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 29th June 2015

The Table shows the number of Funeral Payment applications and awards over the 2014 calendar year broken down by Social Fund Budget Area.

The DWP holds information on the number of applications received and awards made. Some people may have made more than one application in which case each application and any subsequent award would be counted separately in the table.

National figures for Funeral Payments are published in the Annual Report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund.

Table. Number of applications and awards made for Funeral Payments over the 2014 calendar year, broken down by Social Fund Budget Area

Jobcentre Plus Social Fund Budget Area
by region

Applications
(thousands)

Awards
(thousands)

East of England

Essex

1.2

0.7

Norwich Benefit Delivery Centre

2.5

1.4

East Midlands

East Midlands North

1.5

1.0

South East Midlands

2.0

1.2

London

Central and East London

1.3

0.8

London South

2.4

1.4

North and North East London

1.4

0.8

West London

1.0

0.6

North East

Northumbria

1.1

0.7

South Tyne and Wear Valley

1.2

0.7

Tees Valley

0.8

0.5

North West

Chorlton Benefit Delivery Centre

5.0

2.9

Greater Liverpool and Cheshire

3.3

2.0

Scotland

Inverness Benefit Delivery Centre

1.9

1.2

Springburn Benefit Delivery Centre

4.5

3.0

South East

South East - Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey

1.3

0.8

South East – Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent and Sussex

3.3

2.0

South West

South West Central

3.4

2.0

Wales

Llanelli Benefit Delivery Centre

1.1

0.7

South East Wales

2.2

1.4

West Midlands

West Midlands Social Fund

5.2

3.2

Yorkshire and Humberside

Yorkshire & Humberside Bradford

1.4

0.9

Yorkshire & Humberside Sheffield

3.6

2.3

Total in GB

52.5

32.3

Source: DWP Policy, Budget and Management Information System

Notes

· Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and are given in thousands

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