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<p><del class="ministerial">DWP have advertised 1,053 External Vacancies since January
2015 containing 21,432 posts. The breakdown provided by Government Recruitment Services
is provided as requested overleaf. It is worth considering these vacancies are not
guaranteed to have been filled.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">These
are the vacancies we advertised. Not all roles advertised were filled and therefore
this data will include repeat adverts.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>Month</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Number
of Vacancies</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Number
of Posts</strong> <strong>Advertised</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jan-15</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">214</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Feb-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">353</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Mar-15</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">60</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Apr-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">62</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">May-15</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">54</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Jun-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">20</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">311</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jul-15</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">326</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Aug-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1698</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sep-15</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1479</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Oct-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">469</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nov-15</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">28</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">397</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Dec-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">239</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jan-16</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">290</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Feb-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">47</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1274</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Mar-16</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">50</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2107</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Apr-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">74</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1309</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">May-16</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">31</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">500</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Jun-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">58</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1081</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jul-16</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">26</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">214</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Aug-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">34</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">804</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sep-16</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">61</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1251</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Oct-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">50</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">542</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nov-16</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">34</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">567</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Dec-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">48</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jan-17</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">101</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1540</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Feb-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">35</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">483</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Mar-17</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">131</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Apr-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">22</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">May-17</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">42</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">891</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Jun-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1238</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jul-17</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">24</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">433</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Aug-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">243</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sep-17</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">18</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">66</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">Oct-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">30</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">605</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nov-17</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">29</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">131</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1053</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>21432</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department has had a number of discussions with
representatives from the funeral industry and groups supporting bereaved people about
Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments and in particular the maximum amount of £700
available for other costs. We have made clear that we will ensure that Funeral Expenses
Payments continue to meet the necessary costs of a cremation or burial for eligible
claimants. Average payments have increased year-on-year to meet these necessary costs.
We have had to make difficult choices about welfare spending and it has not been possible
to increase the £700 maximum for other costs. However, we have made interest-free
Social Fund Budgeting Loans available for funeral costs in addition to Funeral Expenses
Payments.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We
have also been carrying out reforms to the Funeral Expenses Payments Regulations which
are coming into force in April 2018. The reforms focused primarily on clarifying a
number of issues around eligibility and to simplify the process for claiming a Funeral
Expenses Payment. The formal response to the consultation on the Reform of the Funeral
Expenses Payment Regulations was published on 3 July 2017 and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/656887/consultation-response-reforms-to-funeral-expenses-payments.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/656887/consultation-response-reforms-to-funeral-expenses-payments.pdf</a>.</ins></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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