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<p>In 2012-13, the total social fund expenditure on funeral payments was £43.1 million, rounded to the nearest £100,000. The Department does not hold information on the breakdown of this amount into the different fees involved.</p><p>The information provided is management information. The Department's preference is to answer all parliamentary questions using official/national statistics but in this case only management information is available. It is not quality assured to the same extent as official/national statistics and there are some issues with the data, for example, this amount does not include expenditure on applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the social fund computer system.</p> |