HC Deb 10 January 1995 vol 252 cc57-8W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security in how many cases funeral payments from the social fund have included additional expenses arising from the requirements of the religious faith of the deceased; and in how many of these cases the addition was of the maximum permitted amount in each year since 1988–89.

range o sickness and incapacity benefits, (b) the numbers of unemployed at the closest point of the figures in (a) and (c) the number of workers in employment (a) for each year since 1988.

Mr. Roger Evans

The information is set out in the table:

Mr. Roger Evans

Claims for additional religious costs are a rarity. The information request could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.