§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide payment of funeral grant in cases where a person dies in the United Kingdom but the 419W body is buried elsewhere to cover all the costs incurred in the United Kingdom with the exception of air transit costs provided that the applicant would qualify in all other respects; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ScottNo. The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 stipulate that a social fund funeral payment can be made for funeral expenses only where the burial or cremation takes place in the United Kingdom.