@prefix rdf: . @prefix nfo: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . parl:answerText "

Departmental expenditure on Hospitality from the start of the 2010 financial year up to 31st October 2014, the latest date for which information is available, is shown in the graph attached. Expenditure on catering is not specifically identified but expenditure on Working Lunches and Refreshments is held and this information is also included in the graph.

Expenditure should be seen in the context of the number of staff employed by the Department, Currently 79,514 (as at 31 October 2014), which works out at a cost per head of £1.45 per year.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Thornbury and Yate" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Webb" ; parl:attachment ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-12-02"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-12-02T13:10:57.163Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Catering" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Leicester South" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Jonathan Ashworth" ; parl:uin "216193" ; dcterms:date "2014-11-26"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Jim Shannon" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Public Health Funerals" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pauper's funerals in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to support families on low incomes with the costs of funerals." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Birkenhead" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mr Frank Field" ; parl:uin "216270" ; dcterms:date "2014-11-27"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Ministers and officials from my Department and the Department for Communities and Local Government hold regular discussions about a number of issues. These include local welfare provision and my department’s review.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Thornbury and Yate" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Webb" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-12-03"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-12-03T14:30:49.773Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mark Field" . parl:answerText "

My department does not collect data on the number of Local Authority funerals.

The Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme continues to provide help towards a simple, respectful, low-cost funeral and in 2013/14, over 33,000 awards were made worth £44.7 million, with an average award of £1,347.

Social Fund Budgeting Loans are also available to those on income related benefits to cover costs relating to funeral expenses.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Thornbury and Yate" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Webb" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-12-02"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-12-02T11:44:12.043Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Steve Webb" . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answerText "

This Government attaches a high priority to supporting couple relationships and committed a dedicated fund of £30 million for relationship support over the Spending Review period (2011-2015).

We are funding a range of services through a number of expert providers to deliver relationship support provision, including preventative support targeted at couples at risk of family breakdown; activities to encourage the take-up of relationship support; and counselling for couples who may be experiencing difficulties.

We have also introduced a Family Test which will mean that all new relevant domestic policies will need to be assessed for their impact on the family.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Thornbury and Yate" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Webb" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-12-02"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-12-02T11:49:44.89Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Welfare Assistance Schemes" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he discussed with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government the local welfare provision review, published by his Department on 5 November 2014, prior to the publication of that review." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Cities of London and Westminster" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mark Field" ; parl:uin "216210" ; dcterms:date "2014-11-26"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "29" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Work and Pensions" ; parl:hansardHeading "Marriage Guidance" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to support husbands and wives with relationship problems to enable families to stay together." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Strangford" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Jim Shannon" ; parl:uin "215885" ; dcterms:date "2014-11-25"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead" . dcterms:title "Catering & Hospitality May 2010-31 Oct 2014" ; nfo:fileName "Catering & Hospitality May 2010-31 Oct 2014.PDF" . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "4"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition .