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<p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table has been taken from the Social Fund Annual
Report for 2012/13 which is the latest available published data and the Social Fund
Annual Reports for 2011/12 and 2010/11.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows that the average
clearance time for Funeral Payment awards was 14.76 working days against a target
of 16 working days in 2012/13, 13.8 working days in 2011/12 and 14.5 working days
in 2010/11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Funeral Payments</td><td></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT)
in working days</td><td>AACT Achieved</td><td>AACT Achieved</td><td>% Cleared within
AACT Standard</td><td>% Cleared within AACT Standard plus 2 days</td><td>% Cleared
within AACT Standard Plus 5 days</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>16</td><td>14.76</td><td>65.10%</td><td>74.20%</td><td>83.00%</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>16</td><td>13.8</td><td>*</td><td>*</td><td>*</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>16</td><td>14.5</td><td>*</td><td>*</td><td>*</td></tr></tbody></table><p
/> <p>* <strong>denotes data unavailable</strong></p>
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