The Funeral Expenses Payment is a recoverable loan, rather than a non-recoverable grant.<\/p>
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In the period June 2017- May 2018, there were approximately 40,200 applications received for Funeral Expenses Payments in Great Britain.<\/p>
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This figure is drawn from the Social Fund Policy, Budget, and Management Information System.<\/p>
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Notes:<\/p>
The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4495", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kit Malthouse"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North West Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kit Malthouse"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-07-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-07-06T10:35:42.837Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offenders: Females"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many female offenders did not receive an appointment at their local job centre on the day of their release in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Imran Hussain"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bradford East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Imran Hussain"} ], "uin" : "159016"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/932756", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/932756/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We have interpreted dispute to refer to any situation where there is a disagreement between parents about the details of a child maintenance case which have an impact on the amount of child maintenance to be paid. As such, a dispute could refer to mandatory reconsiderations and/or appeals. Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals are published in tables 15 and 16 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental) available online at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental<\/a><\/p> Information on current mandatory reconsiderations and appeals will be available in future publications, information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published in September 2018.<\/p> <\/p> The volume and percentage of mandatory reconsiderations cleared within 20 working days is also published in table 15 of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics.<\/p> On average in 2017/18, appeals were with the Child Maintenance Service for 42 days. Where the parent was not satisfied with the outcome from appeal to the Child Maintenance Service, the parent can submit an appeal to HM Courts & Tribunal Service, who took on average 168 days to review an appeal.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/932778/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information requested could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> DWP provides volumes of Mandatory Reconsiderations at a national level in the following statistical publications.<\/p> <\/p> \u201cPersonal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to April 2018\u201d \u2013 Tables 7a and 7b, available on line at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2018<\/a><\/p> <\/p> \u201cESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: June 2018\u201d \u2013 Tables 12 to 15, available on line at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-june-2018<\/a><\/p> <\/p> \u201cBenefit sanctions statistics to January 2018\u201d \u2013 Tables 1.8, 2.6, and 3.6, available on line at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-january-2018<\/a>. Further breakdowns of these statistics for Parliamentary Constituencies can be found via Stat-Xplore:<\/p> https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk<\/a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:<\/p>