Question follow-through · 57896

Funeral Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants who were (a) responsible for funeral costs and (b) in receipt of a qualifying benefit were denied a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment because of the family tests in the eligibilit

answeredDr Ellie ChownsDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 5 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jun 2025
Answer: 12 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants who were (a) responsible for funeral costs and (b) in receipt of a qualifying benefit were denied a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment because of the family tests in the eligibilit
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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12 Jun 2025
Answer published
Table 1 shows the number of applicants who were refused a Funeral Expenses Payment for the below reasons:There is a surviving partnerThere is a closer relativeThey are not a partner, friend or relative Table 1: Funeral Expense Payments- Refusals linked to...

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24 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how people who are responsible for funeral costs and in receipt of a qualifying benefit have an application for a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment refused because of the family tests in the eligibil

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24 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where an application for a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment is refused because another family member of the person who died is not in receipt of a qualifying benefit, what assessment her Department

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Funeral Payments

1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57896 on Funeral Payments, how many applicants (a) responsible for funeral costs and (b) in receipt of a qualifying benefit did not receive a social fu