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<p>The Funeral Expenses Payment is a recoverable loan, rather than a non-recoverable
grant.</p><p> </p><p>In the period June 2017- May 2018, there were approximately 40,200
applications received for Funeral Expenses Payments in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>This
figure is drawn from the Social Fund Policy, Budget, and Management Information System.</p><p>
</p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>The figure is rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>The figure
relates to applications received by DWP, not applications processed. Some applications
may have been withdrawn before a decision was made.</li><li>The figure does not include
applications that were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social
Fund Computer System.</li><li>The number of applications made in each year is not
equal to the number of people who made applications in that year. An individual may
make multiple applications in a given time period.</li></ul>
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