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<p>We do not publish the number of claims awarded, at initial decision, as requested.
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate
cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, a variant on the data requested is in the public domain.
Applications that were initially unsuccessful may have resulted in an award after
review, reconsideration or appeal. These cases are included in the final awards in
the Social Fund Annual Report.</p><p /><p>The number of Funeral Expenses Payment awards,
in Great Britain, is reported annually in Appendix 1 of the Social Fund Annual Report:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-annual-report-2017-to-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-annual-report-2017-to-2018</a></p><p
/><p>The number of awards for 2019/20 will be published in due course, and so cannot
be released ahead of publication.</p>
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