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Funeral Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of simplifying the eligibility criteria for the Funeral Expenses Payment on (a) application processing times and (b) the administrat

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
4 Jul 2025
Answer
9 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of simplifying the eligibility criteria for the Funeral Expenses Payment on (a) application processing times and (b) the administrat

  2. 4 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The eligibility criteria for a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment are designed to ensure the scheme is fair for taxpayers, while supporting the most vulnerable with these costs. We continue to keep the Funeral Expenses Payment scheme under review to ens...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Funeral Payments

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Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Funeral Payments

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to introduce a statutory prohibition on dry cutting of high-silica engineered stone without appropriate dust suppression measures.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make silicosis a reportable disease under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Silica: Health and Safety

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on improving health surveillance for workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Silica: Health and Safety

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is considering the introduction of a national screening programme for workers exposed to silica dust in the engineered stone industry.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Silicosis

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of silicosis among workers employed in the engineered stone and kitchen fabrication sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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