Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 57896
Funeral Payments
Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 12 June 2025
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants who were (a) responsible for funeral costs and (b) in receipt of a qualifying benefit were denied a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment because of the family tests in the eligibilit
Answer
Torsten BellTable 1 shows the number of applicants who were refused a Funeral Expenses Payment for the below reasons:There is a surviving partnerThere is a closer relativeThey are not a partner, friend or relative Table 1: Funeral Expense Payments- Refusals linked to...
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