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<p>The number of Funeral Expenses Payment (FEP) applications received and awards made,
since February 2021 up until January 2022, is provided in the table below, for England
and Wales.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications
received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Awards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February
2021</p></td><td><p>4,853</p></td><td><p>2,449*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2021</p></td><td><p>4,763</p></td><td><p>3,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2021</p></td><td><p>3,392</p></td><td><p>2,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2021</p></td><td><p>2,834</p></td><td><p>1,957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June
2021</p></td><td><p>3,368</p></td><td><p>1,912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2021</p></td><td><p>2,873</p></td><td><p>2,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August
2021</p></td><td><p>3,178</p></td><td><p>1,854</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2021</p></td><td><p>3,454</p></td><td><p>2,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October
2021</p></td><td><p>3,124</p></td><td><p>2,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2021</p></td><td><p>3,309</p></td><td><p>2,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December
2021</p></td><td><p>2,749</p></td><td><p>1,801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2022</p></td><td><p>3,098</p></td><td><p>1,719</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FEP data sourced from the DWP Policy, Budget and Management
Information System (PBMIS). *The FEP award figure for February 2021 is an estimate
using unaudited internal DWP figures on the number of FEP loans, as this could not
be sourced from the PBMIS data for February 2021.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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