| Heading: |
Funeral Payments |
| Question ID: |
1816001 |
| UIN: |
62414 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5249 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ellie Chowns
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| Asking Member handle: |
EllieChowns
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@EllieChowns
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
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 |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5069 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Torsten Bell
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| Answering Member handle: |
TorstenBell
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@TorstenBell
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| Answer text: |
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... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |