From the latest data available, 280,780 applications have been made for Funeral Payments in Great Britain between May 2010 and September 2014. In the same period there have been 139,560 refusals.<\/p>
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Notes<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> 1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.<\/p> <\/p> 2. The figures given are the number of applications and initial refusals in the given time period and not the number of people who made applications or received awards. An individual may make more than one application in a year. Information on the number of people who made applications and received awards is not available.<\/p> <\/p> 3. The refusal figures given are based on the initial decisions made on each case and may include cases where an award was later made on review.<\/p> <\/p> 4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100266/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Research with claimants published earlier this year shows that 36 per cent of work experience participants were in employment at the time of interview, and 42 per cent had at least been in employment at some point (even if they were not at the time of the interview).<\/p> <\/p> Local Authority<\/p><\/td> Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments for 2014/15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aberdeen<\/p><\/td> £308,438<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aberdeenshire<\/p><\/td> £480,948<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Angus<\/p><\/td> £357,857<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Argyll and Bute<\/p><\/td> £409,580<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Clackmannanshire<\/p><\/td> £176,383<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Comhairle nan Eilean Siar<\/p><\/td> £109,743<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dumfries and Galloway<\/p><\/td> £732,662<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dundee<\/p><\/td> £484,174<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Ayrshire<\/p><\/td> £322,608<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Dunbartonshire<\/p><\/td> £102,435<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Lothian<\/p><\/td> £122,558<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Renfrewshire<\/p><\/td> £67,736<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Edinburgh<\/p><\/td> £1,533,120<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Falkirk<\/p><\/td> £258,058<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Fife<\/p><\/td> £693,077<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Glasgow<\/p><\/td> £2,724,843<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Highland<\/p><\/td> £1,178,903<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Inverclyde<\/p><\/td> £210,794<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Midlothian<\/p><\/td> £183,798<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Moray<\/p><\/td> £228,368<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Ayrshire<\/p><\/td> £408,703<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Lanarkshire<\/p><\/td> £692,677<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Orkney<\/p><\/td> £50,592<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Perth and Kinross<\/p><\/td> £380,620<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Renfrewshire<\/p><\/td> £369,000<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Scottish Borders<\/p><\/td> £464,841<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Shetland<\/p><\/td> £71,267<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Ayrshire<\/p><\/td> £305,618<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Lanarkshire<\/p><\/td> £638,098<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stirling<\/p><\/td> £420,609<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Dunbartonshire<\/p><\/td> £339,751<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Lothian<\/p><\/td> £402,484<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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