In 2013-14, 240 local authorities in Great Britain spent less than 100% of their total Government contribution in DHP, of which 5 were in Wales. Thirteen local authorities, of which two were in Wales, reported expenditure which exactly matched their Government contribution.<\/p>
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In June, the Government published an analysis of local authority DHP expenditure in 2013-14, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322455/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-june-2014.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100826/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " DWP uses two job evaluation schemes, which are widely utilised across the Civil Service.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> 1. Job Evaluation and Grading Support (JEGS), an analytical points-based system which is used by trained evaluators to rank roles from AA to Grade 6. This also incorporates Grading Guidance which provides an analytical matching of posts based on JEGS, a good level of assurance and is less resource intensive than a full evaluation.<\/p> <\/p> 2. Job Evaluation for Senior Posts (JESP) which is similar to JEGS but used to evaluate posts in the Senior Civil Service.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> DWP evaluates all new roles and roles where there has been a fundamental or material change in job content using one of these schemes.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Information on JEGS, including use of grading guidance, is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-and-grading-support-jegs-for-civil-servants<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Average wait (days)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Funeral Payments<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Community Care Grants<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Crisis Loans<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Budgeting Loans<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Sure Start Maternity Grants<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2003<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13.1<\/p><\/td> 8.3<\/p><\/td> 1.2<\/p><\/td> 2.7<\/p><\/td> 4.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2004<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13.5<\/p><\/td> 8.2<\/p><\/td> 1.3<\/p><\/td> 3.0<\/p><\/td> 4.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2005<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 12.1<\/p><\/td> 7.5<\/p><\/td> 1.4<\/p><\/td> 2.9<\/p><\/td> 4.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2006<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 12.5<\/p><\/td> 9.1<\/p><\/td> 1.5<\/p><\/td> 3.2<\/p><\/td> 3.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2007<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13.4<\/p><\/td> 10.9<\/p><\/td> 1.6<\/p><\/td> 4.5<\/p><\/td> 4.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14.3<\/p><\/td> 11.3<\/p><\/td> 1.8<\/p><\/td> 5.1<\/p><\/td> 5.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14.8<\/p><\/td> 13.3<\/p><\/td> 2.0<\/p><\/td> 5.3<\/p><\/td> 5.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 15.3<\/p><\/td> 8.9<\/p><\/td> 2.1<\/p><\/td> 5.4<\/p><\/td> 4.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13.1<\/p><\/td> 7.5<\/p><\/td> 2.1<\/p><\/td> 5.0<\/p><\/td> 4.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14.6<\/p><\/td> 7.5<\/p><\/td> 3.0<\/p><\/td> 4.9<\/p><\/td> 3.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 17.1<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> 5.5<\/p><\/td> 4.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Notes<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/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. No average wait time is reported for Community Care Grants or Crisis Loans in 2013. This is because these payments were replaced by Local Welfare Provision in March 2013.<\/p> <\/p> 3. The clearance time for an individual Social Fund loan or grant is measured in whole working days from the date the application is received until the date the decision is taken. The minimum clearance time recorded for an individual case is one working day, even if the application is cleared immediately.<\/p> <\/p> 4. Cold Weather Payments are not included in Table 1. These are made automatically if the claimant is eligible at the time of the cold weather trigger, so there is no decision to be made.<\/p> <\/p> 5. All figures are provided to 1 decimal place.<\/p>"}
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