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<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
& Humberside Bradford</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire
& 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>
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