United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 64696
Funeral Payments
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2 July 2025
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9 July 2025 · Answer
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9 July 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of simplifying the eligibility criteria for the Funeral Expenses Payment on (a) application processing times and (b) the administrat
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2 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of simplifying the eligibility criteria for the Funeral Expenses Payment on (a) application processing times and (b) the administrat
Source: Commons
9 July 2025
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-02/64696
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1818971
- uk · wq-1818971 · source updated 9 July 2025