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<p /> <p>Table 1 below shows the average wait (in days) for decisions on a Social
Fund application for each year from 2003 and a breakdown by application type.</p><p>
</p><p>No data is provided for 2014. This is because the number of applications and
waiting times vary seasonally, meaning that an average only covering part of the year
is not comparable with whole year averages shown from 2003-2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Average
wait (days)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funeral Payments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Community
Care Grants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crisis Loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Budgeting
Loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sure Start Maternity Grants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1. These figures
do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been
entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>2. No average wait time
is reported for Community Care Grants or Crisis Loans in 2013. This is because these
payments were replaced by Local Welfare Provision in March 2013.</p><p> </p><p>3.
The clearance time for an individual Social Fund loan or grant is measured in whole
working days from the date the application is received until the date the decision
is taken. The minimum clearance time recorded for an individual case is one working
day, even if the application is cleared immediately.</p><p> </p><p>4. Cold Weather
Payments are not included in Table 1. These are made automatically if the claimant
is eligible at the time of the cold weather trigger, so there is no decision to be
made.</p><p> </p><p>5. All figures are provided to 1 decimal place.</p>
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