| Heading: |
Funeral Payments: Scotland |
| Question ID: |
1818973 |
| UIN: |
64697 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5357 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ayoub Khan
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| Asking Member handle: |
AyoubKhanMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@AyoubKhanMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the eligibility criteria for the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment in line with the Scottish Government’s Funeral Su |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-09 |
| 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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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
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... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |