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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were refused income-based jobseekers' allowance in 2013-14 as a result of their having more than £16,000 in personal savings.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100538/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p>Table 1 below shows the average wait (in days) for decisions on a Social Fund application for each year from 2003 and a breakdown by application type.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>No data is provided for 2014. This is because the number of applications and waiting times vary seasonally, meaning that an average only covering part of the year is not comparable with whole year averages shown from 2003-2013.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Average wait (days)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Funeral Payments<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Community Care Grants<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Crisis Loans<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Budgeting Loans<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Sure Start Maternity Grants<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>13.1<\/p><\/td><td><p>8.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.2<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.7<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>13.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>8.2<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>3.0<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>12.1<\/p><\/td><td><p>7.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.4<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.9<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>12.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>9.1<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>3.2<\/p><\/td><td><p>3.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>13.4<\/p><\/td><td><p>10.9<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.6<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>14.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>11.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.8<\/p><\/td><td><p>5.1<\/p><\/td><td><p>5.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>14.8<\/p><\/td><td><p>13.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.0<\/p><\/td><td><p>5.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>5.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>15.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>8.9<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.1<\/p><\/td><td><p>5.4<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>13.1<\/p><\/td><td><p>7.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.1<\/p><\/td><td><p>5.0<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>14.6<\/p><\/td><td><p>7.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>3.0<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.9<\/p><\/td><td><p>3.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>17.1<\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>5.5<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/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> <\/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> <\/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> <\/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> <\/p><p>5. All figures are provided to 1 decimal place.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait for a decision on a social fund application was in each year since 2003.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4035", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Rotheram"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100539/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p>From the latest data available, 305,840 applications have been made for Funeral Payments in Great Britain between January 2010 and September 2014, the latest data available. In the same period there have been 151,620 refusals.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of applications and refusals for each year. Note that 2014 data only extends to September thus far.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>2014 (Jan-Sep)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Applications<\/p><\/td><td><p>66,780<\/p><\/td><td><p>70,990<\/p><\/td><td><p>66,390<\/p><\/td><td><p>62,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>39,470<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Refusals<\/p><\/td><td><p>33,350<\/p><\/td><td><p>36,330<\/p><\/td><td><p>34,540<\/p><\/td><td><p>29,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>18,190<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/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> <\/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>.<\/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> <\/p><p>4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made to the Social Fund to cover the cost of funerals in each year since 2010; and how many of those applications were rejected.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100275", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100275/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <p /> <p>The cost to Government for making payments into a Post Office Card Account are £0.50, into a bank account £0.04497 and by Simple Payment £3.60. These costs are applicable to both pension and benefit payments.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/220", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Webb"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is to the Government for each transaction for (a) pension payments and (b) benefit payments paid into a (i) Post Office card account, (ii) bank account and (iii) simple payment scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3964", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/99947/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p>Payments received from Government funded Trusts and Funds may be disregarded for benefit purposes. This includes payments from the following Trusts/Funds: Macfarlane, Eileen Trust and Skipton Fund.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Any capital resource which derives from a payment from these Trusts/Funds, such as interest, is also disregarded indefinitely.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Money which derives from the Trusts/Funds which is transferred to a partner is disregarded indefinitely in any benefit claim made by the couple. It is also disregarded indefinitely in any claim made by the partner after the sufferer\u2019s death providing that the couple were not estranged or divorced at the time of the death. However, money derived from the Trusts/Funds which is transferred to a dependent child or young person is not disregarded in any subsequent claim made in later life by that person.<\/p>"}
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