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514830

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered measures to expedite the current five to six week processing time for applications to the Department for Work and Pensions Funeral Fund; and what the target processing time is for applications to that Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	35018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>If all the necessary information is received with the Funeral Expenses Payments claim form the application is processed straight away. The department is committed to ensuring that communications on eligibility for Funeral Payments are improved. This will in turn help claims to be processed and decisions to be made more quickly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For 2016/17 DWP aims to clear Funeral Expenses Payments claims within 15 working days. In 2014/15 of the 51,000 applications, over 55% were cleared within target; and over 69% cleared within 21 working days.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/04/2016 14:44:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

516893

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 35018, how many funeral expense payments were processed by his Department in 2015-16; and what proportion of such applications were processed within (a) 15, (b) 20 and (c) 25 working days.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	36155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>For 2015/16 the Department processed 45,467 applications for Funeral Expense Payments with 69.7% cleared within 15 working days and 83.4% cleared within 20 working days. We are unable to provide data on how many applications were processed within 25 working days as the Management Information system that the Department uses for Funeral Expenses does not provide this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Number processed - Department for Work and Pensions – Management Information System Program (MISP) - Management Information Portal</p><p> </p><p>% processed - Department for Work and Pensions – Office Print Report Tool (OPRT) - Management Information Statistics</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/05/2016 12:45:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

433297

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Funeral Payment provision for funeral expenses.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	18149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme continues to provide valuable help towards the cost of a funeral for people in receipt of a qualifying benefit. My department continually reviews the scheme to improve and streamline it.</p><br /><p>Funeral Expenses Payments are made to all applicants who satisfy the eligibility criteria. Awards cover the full necessary costs involved with either burial or cremation and up to £700 for other funeral expenses. In 2014/15 over 32,000 awards were made to people in Great Britain. These payments were worth £44 million, with an average award of £1,375. The average award has increased by 27% since 2006.</p><br /><p>Social Fund Budgeting Loans are also available to help with funeral expenses for people who have been in receipt of a qualifying benefit for at least 26 weeks.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/12/2015 14:37:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

420370

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for funeral payments were (a) made and (b) granted in each region in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	11102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Tables 1 and 2 give the number of the Funeral Expense Payment applications received and awards made by the Department for Work and Pensions by region from 2010/11 to 2014/15.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Funeral Expense Payment applications received by region, 2010/11 to 2014/15</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td><td><p>4,700</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>8,400</p></td><td><p>4,600</p></td><td><p>4,500</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td><td><p>6,900</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>6,500</p></td><td><p>5,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>4,700</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>10,600</p></td><td><p>10,400</p></td><td><p>10,300</p></td><td><p>9,200</p></td><td><p>8,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>8,300</p></td><td><p>8,500</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td><td><p>7,400</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>6,200</p></td><td><p>6,400</p></td><td><p>5,700</p></td><td><p>5,200</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>7,200</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td><td><p>6,600</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>6,400</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>68,800</p></td><td><p>68,500</p></td><td><p>65,600</p></td><td><p>59,100</p></td><td><p>50,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Table 2: Funeral Expense Payment awards made by region, 2010/11 to 2014/15</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>6,100</p></td><td><p>6,100</p></td><td><p>5,700</p></td><td><p>5,300</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1,800</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td><td><p>3,300</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>3,300</p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>38,200</p></td><td><p>37,700</p></td><td><p>35,200</p></td><td><p>33,100</p></td><td><p>32,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>All figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li></ul><ul><li>Figures may not sum due to rounding.</li></ul><ul><li>The applications figures are based on applications received by DWP, not applications processed. Some applications may have been withdrawn before a decision was made.</li></ul><ul><li>The award figures include awards made after review, reconsideration or appeal following an initial refusal.</li></ul><ul><li>These figures do not include cases which have been processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/10/2015 15:24:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

937548

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the interest rate charge is for funeral expenses payments.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	162086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>We make low-cost funeral expense payments to people who receive (or whose partners receive) a qualifying benefit or Tax Credit. These are recoverable from the estate of the deceased and where there aren’t enough assets available in the estate it is written off.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2017-2018 contains information on losses associated with the social fund at page 159, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721224/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721224/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>There were 663k (gross) of Funeral Expense Payments outstanding as at 31 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has the discretion to apply interest at 1.5% above the Bank of England Base Rate when recovering an outstanding Funeral Payment from an estate.</p><p> </p><p>Interest would be charged on any balance outstanding at the end of each calendar year.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 162087 question first answered 17/07/2018 16:45:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

937549

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of money owed to the public purse from funeral expenses payments.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	162087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>We make low-cost funeral expense payments to people who receive (or whose partners receive) a qualifying benefit or Tax Credit. These are recoverable from the estate of the deceased and where there aren’t enough assets available in the estate it is written off.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts 2017-2018 contains information on losses associated with the social fund at page 159, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721224/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721224/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>There were 663k (gross) of Funeral Expense Payments outstanding as at 31 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has the discretion to apply interest at 1.5% above the Bank of England Base Rate when recovering an outstanding Funeral Payment from an estate.</p><p> </p><p>Interest would be charged on any balance outstanding at the end of each calendar year.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 162086 question first answered 17/07/2018 16:45:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1005853

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on supporting benefit claimants who must pay for the funeral of a family member; and if her Department will introduce an allowance for benefit claimants who must pay for the funeral of a family member to ensure that their benefit claims are not adversely affected.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	190493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment scheme makes a contribution towards the cost of a funeral for people in receipt of certain income related benefits and tax credits. To qualify, the applicant must be accepted as responsible for arranging the funeral, they (or their partner) must receive one of the qualifying benefits and they must be the partner or a close relative or close friend of the deceased.</p><p> </p><p>The amount payable depends on whether there is any other money available, for example from the deceased’s estate. As the Payment is linked to the deceased’s assets, it does not adversely affect the applicant’s savings.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme offers support by meeting the ‘necessary costs’ of a cremation or burial, including acquiring a burial plot. An allowance of up to £700 is also available to meet other funeral costs such as a coffin, religious venue and funeral director fees.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/11/2018 09:55:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

416623

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget for the Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme has been in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	8539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments are made to all applicants who satisfy the eligibility criteria. Expenditure in the last five years was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£44.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£44.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£43.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£46.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£46.5m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DWP Policy, Budget and Management Information System</em></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2015 14:31:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

443702

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has any plans to change the social fund funeral payment in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	21875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government continually looks to improve its service. For example, in 2015 informal discussions have already taken place with stakeholders, including the National Association of Funeral Directors, representatives from life assurance companies, academics and advice services on possible improvements. These discussions carry on and there is a current focus on how to improve information on eligibility.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/01/2016 15:27:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

385167

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	3868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Table shows the number of Funeral Payment applications and awards over the 2014 calendar year broken down by Social Fund Budget Area.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>National figures for Funeral Payments are published in the Annual Report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Table. Number of applications and awards made for Funeral Payments over the 2014 calendar year, broken down by Social Fund Budget Area</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Jobcentre Plus Social Fund Budget Area<br> by region</p></td><td><p>Applications <br> (thousands)</p></td><td><p>Awards <br> (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich Benefit Delivery Centre</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands North</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Midlands</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Central and East London</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North and North East London</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West London</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyne and Wear Valley</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorlton Benefit Delivery Centre</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Liverpool and Cheshire</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness Benefit Delivery Centre</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Springburn Benefit Delivery Centre</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South East - Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East – Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent and Sussex</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Central</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli Benefit Delivery Centre</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Social Fund</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside Bradford</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside Sheffield</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total in GB</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td><td><p>32.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP Policy, Budget and Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>· Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and are given in thousands</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 13:12:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
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