Question follow-through · 62414
Funeral Payments
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
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2025
Answer published
The eligibility criteria for Funeral Expenses Payments are designed to ensure the scheme is fair for taxpayers while supporting the most vulnerable with these costs. The Funeral Expenses Payment regulations provide for those cases where there is more than...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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