Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 62413

Funeral Payments

Tabled: 24 June 2025

Answered: 26 June 2025

Question

Dr Ellie Chowns

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how people who are responsible for funeral costs and in receipt of a qualifying benefit have an application for a Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment refused because of the family tests in the eligibil

Answer

Torsten Bell

Table 1 shows the number of applicants responsible for funeral cost who were receipt of qualifying benefits but were refused a Funeral Expenses Payment due to the family test reasons below:There is a surviving partnerThere is a closer relativeThey are not...

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