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<p>Table 1 below gives the number of applications received and number of awards for
Funeral Expenses Payments in England and in the West Midlands government office region
in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: applications received and awards for Funeral
Expense Payments in England and West Midlands, 2016/17</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications
received</p></td><td><p>35,900</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awards</p></td><td><p>21,200</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
Policy, Budget and Management Information System</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><p>
</p><ul><li>The number of applications and awards are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>The
applications figures are based on applications received by DWP, not applications processed.
Some applications may have been withdrawn before a decision was made.</li><li>The
award figures include awards made after review, reconsideration or appeal following
an initial refusal.</li><li>These figures do not include applications which were processed
clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</li><li>The
number of awards made in each year is not equal to the number of people who made applications
or received awards in that year. An individual may make multiple applications in a
given time period.</li></ul>
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