HC Deb 10 July 1990 vol 176 cc166-7W
Mr. Paice

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much he estimates it would cost his Department to provide a statutory payment of £600 to all pensioners and dependants of pensioners as a funeral grant.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

[holding answer 5 June 1990]: The cost of supplying a statutory payment of £600 as a funeral grant to all people over state pension age is around £300 million per year.