Gareth Thomas
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office), Party Chair, Co-operative Party
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications for grants to cover funeral costs there have been in each month since June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
Steve Webb
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
The following table shows the number of funeral payment claims made each month since June 2010.
| Number of funeral payment claims | |
| June 2010 | 5,760 |
| July 2010 | 5,400 |
| August 2010 | 4,720 |
| September 2010 | 5,470 |
| October 2010 | 4,880 |
| November 2010 | 6,140 |
| December 2010 | 4,100 |
| January 2011 | 6,900 |
| February 2011 | 6,850 |
| March 2011 | 7,470 |
| April 2011 | 5,220 |
| May 2011 | 6,100 |
| June 2011 | 5,840 |
| July 2011 | 5,330 |
| August 2011 | 5,340 |
| September 2011 | 5,850 |
| October 2011 | 5,350 |
| November 2011 | 5,730 |
| December 2011 | 5,020 |
| Notes: 1. The information provided is Management Information. Our preference is to answer all parliamentary questions using Official/National Statistics but in this case we only have Management Information available. It is not quality assured to the same extent as Official/National statistics and there are some issues with the data, for example, it does not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System. 2. The number of claims received has been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System | |
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