Funeral Payments
(asked on 28th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received funeral payments in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Enfield in each of the last 10 years; how much those payments amount to; and if he will make a statement.
Tables 1 and 2 show the number of Funeral Payment awards and expenditure amount in England, London and North and North East London Budget Area between 2004/05 and 2013/14.
DWP does not hold information about the number of people receiving Funeral Payment awards in a given time period. The number of awards made in each year is not equal to the number of people who received awards as an individual may have made multiple applications in that period.
The lowest geographical level at which we hold Funeral Payment data is by Social Fund Budget Area; the geographical areas used to administer the Social Fund in Great Britain. Since 2008/09, the Budget Area covering Enfield is North and North East London, which also covers Waltham Forest and Barking and Dagenham as well as parts of Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Islington and Redbridge. Earlier figures for this area are not available.
Table 1: Funeral Payment awards in England, London and North and North East London, 2004/05 to 2013/14
Year | England | London | North and North |
2004/05 | 34,700 | 4,800 | - |
2005/06 | 33,400 | 4,500 | - |
2006/07 | 32,700 | 4,300 | - |
2007/08 | 31,300 | 4,100 | - |
2008/09 | 32,500 | 4,200 | 800 |
2009/10 | 31,200 | 4,400 | 800 |
2010/11 | 30,500 | 3,800 | 800 |
2011/12 | 30,200 | 3,900 | 800 |
2012/13 | 28,000 | 3,600 | 900 |
2013/14 | 26,600 | 3,500 | 800 |
Source: DWP Policy, Budget and Management Information System
Table 2: Funeral Payment expenditure in England, London and North and North East London, 2004/05 to 2013/14
Year | England | London | North and North |
2004/05 | £36,925,100 | £5,961,200 | - |
2005/06 | £36,643,600 | £5,819,400 | - |
2006/07 | £37,148,000 | £5,814,900 | - |
2007/08 | £36,987,600 | £5,959,300 | - |
2008/09 | £39,495,800 | £6,511,000 | £1,260,500 |
2009/10 | £38,410,300 | £6,769,600 | £1,274,400 |
2010/11 | £37,445,800 | £5,879,700 | £1,294,800 |
2011/12 | £37,723,000 | £6,226,400 | £1,347,300 |
2012/13 | £34,617,200 | £5,590,100 | £1,390,800 |
2013/14 | £36,185,500 | £5,979,600 | £1,429,500 |
Source: DWP Policy, Budget and Management Information System
Notes
· These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.
· All figures are rounded to the nearest £100.