Widowed parents allowance statistics are not collated on an annualised basis, however 70 claimants were in receipt of widowed parent's allowance in the Parliamentary constituency of Wakefield and 230 claimants were in receipt of widowed parent's allowance in Wakefield Local Authority for the period ending May 2016, which is the latest quarter for which there is statistical information.<\/p>
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The Official Statistics for this period are available at:<\/p>
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/ccparlc/cat/a_carate_r_ccparlc_c_cat_may16.html<\/a><\/p> http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/ccla/cat/a_carate_r_ccla_c_cat_may16.html<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> For further quarterly time series statistics please refer to the resources below.<\/p> <\/p> The information requested is published and available at:<\/p> http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Guidance for users can be found at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance<\/a><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Please note that the tabulation tool was last updated in November 2016 and will no longer be available for use after 31 March 2017. Users were informed of this in June 2016 via a statistical notice, available at the following link where you can also read more about our plans to move our statistics onto the Stat-Xplore online tool:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tabulation-tool-questionnaire-statistical-notice<\/a><\/p> <\/p> For February 2017 data, we have published additional supporting tables for each benefit apart from Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit. The supporting tables include local authority and parliamentary constituency breakdowns as well as information on key out-of-work benefits. This information can be found here:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-statistical-summaries-2017<\/a><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/707710/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are no Official Statistics on receipt of bereavement payment but the Department\u2019s best estimate from Management Information is that 70 claimants received a bereavement payment in the Parliamentary constituency of Wakefield and 230 claimants received a bereavement payment in Wakefield Local Authority for the 12 months to May 2016. Historic information is not available on bereavement payment.<\/p> <\/p> Please note these are one off payments and therefore do not correspond to latest caseload statistics at:<\/p> http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/ccparlc/cat/a_carate_r_ccparlc_c_cat_may16.html<\/a><\/p> http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/ccla/cat/a_carate_r_ccla_c_cat_may16.html<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/707711/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Bereavement allowance statistics are not collated on an annualised basis, however 50 claimants were in receipt of bereavement allowance in the Parliamentary constituency of Wakefield and 160 claimants were in receipt of bereavement allowance in Wakefield Local Authority for the period ending May 2016, which is the latest quarter for which there is statistical information.<\/p> <\/p> The Official Statistics for this period are available at:<\/p> http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/ccparlc/cat/a_carate_r_ccparlc_c_cat_may16.html<\/a><\/p> http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/ccla/cat/a_carate_r_ccla_c_cat_may16.html<\/a><\/p> <\/p> For further quarterly time series statistics please refer to the resources below.<\/p> <\/p> The information requested is published and available at:<\/p> http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Guidance for users can be found at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance<\/a><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Please note that the tabulation tool was last updated in November 2016 and will no longer be available for use after 31 March 2017. Users were informed of this in June 2016 via a statistical notice, available at the following link where you can also read more about our plans to move our statistics onto the Stat-Xplore online tool:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tabulation-tool-questionnaire-statistical-notice<\/a><\/p> <\/p> For February 2017 data, we have published additional supporting tables for each benefit apart from Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit. The supporting tables include local authority and parliamentary constituency breakdowns as well as information on key out-of-work benefits. This information can be found here:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-statistical-summaries-2017<\/a><\/p>"}
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